Deficiency of fucosidase results in acrosomal dysgenesis and impaired sperm maturation

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 444-449

  Veeramachaneni, D N Rao ^a   Smith, Mary O ^a   Matthew Ellinwood, N ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Dog; Epididymis; Fucosidosis; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LEVO FUCOSIDASE;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DOG; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FUCOSIDOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMIOGRAM;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EPIDIDYMIS; FUCOSIDOSIS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 0031660015     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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