PHGPx in spermatogenesis: How many functions?

Contraception

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 291-293

  Puglisi, Rossella ^a   Tramer, Federica ^b   Carlomagno, Gianfranco ^a   Gandini, Loredana ^a   Panfili, Enrico ^b   Stefanini, Mario ^a   Lenzi, Andrea ^a   Mangia, Franco ^a   Boitani, Carla ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

mPHGPx; nPHGPx; ROS; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

CELL ENZYME; LIPID HYDROPEROXIDE; PHOSPHOLIPID HYDROPEROXIDE GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; THIOL GROUP;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GERM CELL; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION;

ANIMALS; FERTILITY; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MALE; RATS; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 25144513354     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2005.03.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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