Platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase in seminal plasma: A brief review

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 510-519

  Soubeyrand, Sebastien ^a   Manjunath, Puttaswamy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Platelet activating factor (PAF); Platelet activating factor acetylhydrolase (PAF AH); Reproduction; Seminal plasma; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

HYDROLASE; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR;

CATTLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HAMSTER; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON;

1-ALKYL-2-ACETYLGLYCEROPHOSPHOCHOLINE ESTERASE; ANIMALS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; MALE; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; SEMEN; SPERMATOZOA;

BOS TAURUS; CRICETINAE;

EID: 0031802680     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199808)50:4<510::AID-MRD15>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Review

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