Uteroglobin and transglutaminase modulate human sperm functions

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 676-688

  Luconi, Michaela ^a   Muratori, Monica ^a   Maggi, Mario ^a   Pecchioli, Paola ^a   Peri, Alessandro ^b   Mancini, Mario ^a   Filimberti, Erminio ^a   Forti, Gianni ^a   Baldi, Elisabetta ^a  

^a Dipartimento di Fisiopatologia Clinica   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capacitation; Decapacitation factor; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; UTEROGLOBIN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; EJACULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MALE; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TRANSGLUTAMINASES; UTEROGLOBIN;

EID: 0033822377     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1939-4640.2000.tb02136.x     Document Type: Article

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