Glycan-modifying enzymes in luminal fluid of the mammalian epididymis: An overview of their potential role in sperm maturation

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 250, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 58-65

  Tulsiani, Daulat R P ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

d galactosidase; Epididymis; Fucosyltransferase; Glycohydrolases; Glycosyltransferases; Sperm maturation

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; ENZYME; FUCOSE; GLYCAN; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOSIDASE; GLYCOTRANSFERASE; SUGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDIDYMIS; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; FERTILIZATION; FUCOSYLATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ZONA PELLUCIDA; ANIMAL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; GLYCOPROTEINS; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MALE; POLYSACCHARIDES; RATS; SPERM MATURATION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 33746572630     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2005.12.025     Document Type: Article

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