Expression of antimicrobial defensins in the male reproductive tract of rats, mice, and humans

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 95-104

  Com, Emmanuelle ^a   Bourgeon, Frédéric ^a   Evrard, Bertrand ^a   Ganz, Tomas ^b   Colleu, Daniel ^c   Jégou, Bernard ^a   Pineau, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Clinique de la Sagesse   (France)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Gamete biology; Sperm; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CRYPTDIN; DEFENSIN; GENOMIC DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDIDYMIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ALPHA-DEFENSINS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-DEFENSINS; DEFENSINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEMEN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROCOCCUS; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS;

EID: 0037235102     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.005389     Document Type: Article

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