Prion protein is secreted in soluble forms in the epididymal fluid and proteolytically processed and transported in seminal plasma

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 393-400

  Gatti, Jean Luc ^a   Métayer, Sonia ^a   Moudjou, Mohammed ^a   Andréoletti, Olivier ^a   Lantier, Frédéric ^a   Dacheux, Jean Louis ^a   Sarradin, Pierre ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Gamete biology; Male reproductive tract; Sperm; Sperm maturation

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; PROTEINASE K; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GLYCOPROTEIN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; SULFUR;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECRETION; SCRAPIE; SEMINAL PLASMA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TESTIS; VASECTOMY; WESTERN BLOTTING; ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; EPITHELIUM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPERM;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM; GLYCOPROTEINS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PRIONS; SCRAPIE; SEMEN; SHEEP; SULFUR RADIOISOTOPES; TESTIS; VASECTOMY;

EID: 0035992826     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod67.2.393     Document Type: Article

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