Germinal angiotensin I-converting enzyme is totally shed from the rodent sperm membrane during epididymal maturation

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1763-1767

  Métayer, Sonia ^a   Dacheux, Françoise ^a   Dacheux, Jean Louis ^a   Gatti, Jean Luc ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN I; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EPIDIDYMIS; FLAGELLUM; GAMETE; GERM CELL; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; TESTIS; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; LEWIS RAT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALIA; CAPUT; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL MEMBRANE; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0036893121     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.006684     Document Type: Article

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