Cell-to-cell transfer of glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored membrane proteins during sperm maturation

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 177-184

  Kirchhoff, Christiane ^a   Hale, Geoffrey ^b  

^a Institut fur Hormon und Fortpflanzungsforschung IHF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CAMPATH 1; CD antigens; Epididymis; Immunosuppression; Sperm maturation

Indexed keywords

LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 0030089901     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/2.3.177     Document Type: Article

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