Polyol pathway in human epididymis and semen

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 233-239

  Frenette, Gilles ^a   Thabet, Michel ^a   Sullivan, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Sperm maturation; Sperm motility; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; IDITOL DEHYDROGENASE; POLYOL; SORBITOL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; EJACULATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME RELEASE; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MALE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VASECTOMY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; EPIDIDYMIS; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; L-IDITOL 2-DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; POLYMERS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMEN; SORBITOL; VASECTOMY;

EID: 33644505508     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.05108     Document Type: Article

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