Occurrence of prostasome-like membrane vesicles in equine seminal plasma

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 237-243

  Minelli, A ^a   Moroni, M ^a   Martinez E ^b   Mezzasoma, I ^a   Ronquist, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5' NUCLEOTIDASE; ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV; PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORSE; MALE; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0032423792     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1140237     Document Type: Article

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