Metabolism of platelet-activating factor in rat epididymal spermatozoa

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 529-536

  Muguruma, Kouei ^a   Johnston, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINEPHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPASE; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH REGULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RAT; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

1-ALKYL-2-ACETYLGLYCEROPHOSPHOCHOLINE ESTERASE; ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; DIACYLGLYCEROL CHOLINEPHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; EPIDIDYMIS; ISOENZYMES; MALE; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; PLATELET ACTIVATING FACTOR; RATS; SPERMATOZOA; TRITIUM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031050233     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod56.2.529     Document Type: Article

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