Role of V-ATPase-rich cells in acidification of the male reproductive tract

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 257-262

  Brown, Dennis ^a   Smith, Peter J S ^b   Breton, Sylvie ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

bafilomycin; epididymis; immunocytochemistry; pH regulation; vas deferens

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; MACROLIDE; PROTON PUMP; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYMOLOGY; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILITY; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; KIDNEY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MICROTUBULE; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARBONIC ANHYDRASES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILITY; GENITALIA, MALE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; KIDNEY; MACROLIDES; MALE; MICROTUBULES; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROTON PUMPS; PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES; RATS; VACUOLAR PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0030938766     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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