Effects of castration on thiol status in rat spermatozoa and epididymal fluid

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 295-301

  Seligman, Judith ^a   Kosower, Nechama S ^a   Shalgi, Ruth ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

cyproterone acetate; monobromobimane; protein thiols; sperm maturation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GROWTH REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RAT; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; CASTRATION; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RATS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030925524     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199707)47:3<295::AID-MRD8>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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