Prostasomes are neuroendocrine-like vesicles in human semen

Prostate

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 287-295

  Stridsberg, Mats ^a   Fabiani, Roberto ^a   Lukinius, Agneta ^a   Ronquist, Gunnar ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

aminopeptidase; chromogranin A; chromogranin B; electron microscopy; granulophysin; immunocytochemistry; neuropeptide Y; prostasomes; radioimmunoassay; secretogranin; synaptophysin; vasoactive intestinal polypeptide

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN A; CHROMOGRANIN B; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEMINAL PLASMA;

ANTIGENS, CD; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMOGRANIN A; CHROMOGRANINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; ORGANELLES; PLATELET MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PROSTATE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEMEN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

EID: 0029826137     PISSN: 02704137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0045(199611)29:5<287::AID-PROS3>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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