Cytoplasmic extrusion and the switch from creatine kinase B to M isoform are completed by the commencement of epididymal transport in human and stallion spermatozoa

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-20

  Huszar, Gabor ^a   Patrizio, Pasquale ^c   Vigue, Lynne ^a   Willets, Melanie ^a   Wilker, Clynn ^b   Adhoot, David ^d   Johnson, Larry ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic droplet; Fertility; In vitro fertilization; Maturity and function; Men; Spermiogenesis; Stallions

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; ISOENZYME;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDIDYMIS; HORSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; CREATINE KINASE; CYTOPLASM; EPIDIDYMIS; HORSES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOENZYMES; MALE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0031951882     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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