Functional role of hepatocyte growth factor receptor during sperm maturation

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 911-918

  Catizone, A ^a   Ricci, G ^b   Galdieri, Michela ^b,c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c Dip Istologia ed Embriologia Medica   (Italy)

Author keywords

C met; Epididymis; Rat; Spermatozoa; Testis

Indexed keywords

PROPIDIUM IODIDE; SCATTER FACTOR; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LABELING; CELL SURFACE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOMETRY; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; FLAGELLUM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CELL AGING; CELL SURVIVAL; EPIDIDYMIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; MALE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MET; RATS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0036869454     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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