Hydrolysis of extracellular adenine nucleotides by equine epidydimal spermatozoa

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 531-534

  Minelli, A ^a   Moroni, M ^a   Trinari, D ^a   Mezzasoma, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adenosine; ADP; AMP; ATP; Ectonucleotidases; Equine epidydimal spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

5' NUCLEOTIDASE; ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; APYRASE;

ANIMAL CELL; CATABOLISM; CELL MEMBRANE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDIDYMIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORSE; HYDROLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; KINETICS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030868534     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(97)00213-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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