Postnatal development and regulation of proteins secreted in the boar epididymis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1622-1635

  Syntin, Patrick ^a   Dacheux, Jean Louis ^a   Dacheux, Françoise ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; CATHEPSIN L; CLUSTERIN; LACTOFERRIN; MANNOSIDASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; EPIDIDYMIS; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; CAPUT;

EID: 0032735063     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod61.6.1622     Document Type: Article

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