Differential ubiquitination of stallion sperm proteins: Possible implications for infertility and reproductive seasonality

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 688-698

  Sutovsky, Peter ^a   Turner, Regina M ^b   Hameed, Saima ^b   Sutovsky, Miriam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Gamete biology; Seasonal reproduction; Sperm; Testis

Indexed keywords

CROSS REACTING ANTIBODY; GENE PRODUCT; HYDROLASE; PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN;

ACCESSORY SEX GLAND; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; EPIDIDYMIS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GAMETE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; STALLION; STEREOCILIUM; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; EJACULATION; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; PROTEINS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SPERMATOZOA; UBIQUITIN;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS CABALLUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037307665     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.005306     Document Type: Article

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