Testicular isoform of angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE, CD143) on the surface of human spermatozoa: Revelation and quantification using monoclonal antibodies

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 54-68

  Nikolaeva, Marina A ^a   Balyasnikova, Irina V ^b   Alexinskaya, Marina A ^a,c   Metzger, Roman ^d   Franke, Folker E ^e   Albrecht II, Ronald F ^b   Kulakov, Vladimir I ^a   Sukhikh, Gennady T ^a   Danilov, Sergei M ^b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER OF OBSTETRICS   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Monoclonal antibodies; Spermatozoa; Testicular ACE

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; ISOENZYME; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 1E10; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 4E3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; EJACULATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 33644690842     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2005.00326.x     Document Type: Article

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