Immunocytochemical localization of lipocalin-type prostaglandin D synthase in the bull testis and epididymis and on ejaculated sperm

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 547-556

  Gerena, R L ^a   Irikura, D ^b   Eguchi, N ^c   Urade, Y ^b   Killian, Gary J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OSAKA BIOSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LIPOCALIN; PROSTAGLANDIN D SYNTHASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; EJACULATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EPIDIDYMIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CAPUT;

EID: 0034003542     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod62.3.547     Document Type: Article

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