Expression of aromatase in human ejaculated spermatozoa: A putative marker of motility

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 117-124

  Lambard, Sophie ^a   Galeraud Denis, Isabelle ^a   Bouraïma, Hélène ^a   Bourguiba, Sonia ^a   Chocat, Anne ^a   Carreau, Serge ^a  

^a CHU Clemenceau   (France)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Human spermatozoa; Motility; mRNA; Protein

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CYTOCHROME P450 ISOENZYME; ESTROGEN; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EJACULATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSOME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA EXTRACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AROMATASE; BASE SEQUENCE; EJACULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0037367257     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gag020     Document Type: Article

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