Regulation of the epididymal synthesis of P26h, a hamster sperm protein

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 104-110

  Bérubé, Bruno ^a,b   Lefièvre, Linda ^b   Coutu, Louise ^b   Sullivan, Robert ^b,c  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Androgens; epididymis; sperm surface protein; testosterone

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; HAMSTER; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; SPERM;

AGING; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CRICETINAE; CYTOSOL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MESOCRICETUS; ORCHIECTOMY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0029971355     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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