Aldose Reductase and Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Are Associated with Epididymosomes and Spermatozoa in the Bovine Epididymis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1586-1592

  Frenette, Gilles ^a   Lessard, Carl ^a   Madore, Eric ^a   Fortier, Michel A ^a   Sullivan, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; EPIDIDYMOSOME; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION;

ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EPIDIDYMIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION-INHIBITORY FACTORS; MALE; PEPTIDES; PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SPERMATOZOA; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0242267103     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.019216     Document Type: Article

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