Expression of the platelet-activating factor receptor in human spermatozoa: Differences in messenger ribonucleic acid content and protein distribution between normal and abnormal spermatozoa

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 967-971

  Roudebush, William E ^a   Wild, Mark D ^a   Maguire, Elizabeth H ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Human spermatozoa; Immunofluorescence; Platelet activating factor; Receptor; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ACROSOME; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON TAIL;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PLATELET MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEINS; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0033995448     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(00)00485-4     Document Type: Article

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