Ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis in mammalian spermatogenesis, fertilization, and sperm quality control: Killing three birds with one stone

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 88-102

  Sutovsky, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Fertilization; Mitochondria; Proteasome; Sperm; Testis; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CELL MEMBRANES; MAMMALS; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULES; PROTEINS; QUALITY CONTROL; SUBSTRATES;

EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILISATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAS; PROTEASOMES; SPERM; SPERM QUALITY; TESTIS; UBIQUITIN; UBIQUITIN MOLECULES;

PROTEOLYSIS;

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; CYCLINE; LYSINE; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POLYUBIQUITIN; PROTEASOME; UBIQUITIN; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; EPIDIDYMIS; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETOGENESIS; GERM LINE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYSPERMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037405064     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.10319     Document Type: Article

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