Immunohistochemical localization of sperm-preserving proteins in the ram reproductive tract

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 588-595

  Fernàndez Juan, Marta ^a   Gallego, Margarita ^a   Barrios, Beatriz ^a   Osada, Jesus ^a   Cebrián Pérez, José A ^a   Muiňo Blanco, Teresa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b Lab Genet Bioquim Grupos S   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cold shock; Ram spermatozoa; Seminal plasma proteins; Seminal vesicles

Indexed keywords

AVIDIN; BIOTIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN P14; PROTEIN P20; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEIN; TISSUE EXTRACT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BULBOURETHRAL GLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECRETORY CELL; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; VAS DEFERENS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; GENITALIA, MALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEINS; SEMINAL VESICLES; SHEEP;

EID: 33746389705     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.05187     Document Type: Article

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