Expression of extracellular glutathione peroxidase type 5 (GPX5) in the rat male reproductive tract

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 841-848

  Williams, Karin ^a   Frayne, Jan ^a   Hall, Len ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Glutathione peroxidase; Lipid peroxidation; Reactive oxygen species; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EPIDIDYMIS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL MEMBRANE; DNA PRIMERS; EPIDIDYMIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; ISOENZYMES; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031684511     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/4.9.841     Document Type: Article

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