Primary Identifier | MGI:2182079 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 11 | NCBI Gene Number | 252868 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0) Predicted to act upstream of or within cell differentiation and spermatogenesis. Located in outer dense fiber. Is expressed in ductus deferens; epididymis; prostate gland; and testis. Orthologous to human ODF4 (outer dense fiber of sperm tails 4). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a null allele exhibit severely reduced male fertility with oligozoospermia and asthenozoospermia. [provided by MGI curators] |