A putative, ubiquitin-dependent mechanism for the recognition and elimination of defective spermatozoa in the mammalian epididymis

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1665-1675

  Sutovsky, Peter ^a   Moreno, Ricardo ^b   Ramalho Santos, João ^c   Dominko, Tanja ^d   Thompson, Winston E ^e   Schatten, Gerald ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d Advanced Cell Technology   (United States)

^e MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Spermatogenesis; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

MICROSPHERE; UBIQUITIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FERTILIZATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SECRETION; QUALITY CONTROL; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SPERMATOZOA; UBIQUITINS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0035012044     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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