The fertilizing ability of human epididymal sperm

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 652-656

  Kitamura, Masaya ^a   Matsumiya, Kiyomi ^a   Namiki, Mikio ^a   Hara, Tomoko ^b   Seya, Tsukasa ^b,c   Okuyama, Akihiko ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b CENTER FOR ADULT DISEASES   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

complement regulatory proteins; epididymis; membrane cofactor protein (MCP, CD463); sperm

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE COFACTOR PROTEIN;

ACROSOME; ARTICLE; EJACULATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; VASECTOMY;

EID: 0029793888     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02069644     Document Type: Article

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