Characterization and immunolocalization of β-D-glucuronidase in mouse testicular germ cells and spermatozoa

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 247, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 48-60

  Abou Haïla, Aïda ^a   Fouquet, Jean Pierre ^a   Tulsiani, Daulat R P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrosomal glycohydrolases; Germ cell glucuronidase; Mammalian fertilization; Sperm acrosome; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GERM CELL; GOLGI COMPLEX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYSOSOME; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS CELL;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0344631632     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/excr.1998.4355     Document Type: Article

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