Effect of vasectomy on P34H messenger ribonucleic acid expression along the human excurrent duct: A reflection on the function of the human epididymis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 720-727

  Legare C ^a   Thabet, M ^a   Picard, S ^a   Sullivan, R ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Fertilization; Gene regulation; Sperm; Sperm maturation; Vas deferens

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN P34H; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE CONTROL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; VAS DEFERENS; VASECTOMY;

EID: 0035144826     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod64.2.720     Document Type: Conference Paper

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