Shedding of a rat epididymal sperm protein associated with infertility induced by ornidazole and α-chlorohydrin

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1257-1265

  Wagenfeld, Andrea ^a   Yeung, Ching Hei ^a   Strupat, Kerstin ^b   Cooper, Trevor G ^a  

^a INST OF REPRO MED OF THE UNIV   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CHLOROHYDRIN; CONTRACEPTION ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ORNIDAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT; RETE TESTIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ALPHA-CHLOROHYDRIN; ANIMALS; EJACULATORY DUCTS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; METHIONINE; ORNIDAZOLE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETE TESTIS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SPERMATOZOA;

ACHETA DOMESTICUS; ANIMALIA; CAPUT; INSECTA;

EID: 0031968325     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod58.5.1257     Document Type: Article

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