Localization of snares, NSF and caveolin 1 in human spermatozoa: Relationship with seminal parameters

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 347-353

  Sousa, A P M ^a   Gomes Santos, C S S ^a   Ramalho Santos, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Caveolin 1; NSF; Semen; SNAREs; Sperm; Syntaxin; VAMP

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; CAVEOLIN 1; PROTEIN NSF; SNARE PROTEIN; SYNAPTOBREVIN 1; SYNTAXIN 1A; SYNTAXIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GAMETOGENESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABELING INDEX; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEMBRANE FUSION; PARAMETERS OF MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CAVEOLIN 1; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; SEMEN; SNARE PROTEINS; SOLUBLE N-ETHYLMALEIMIDE-SENSITIVE FACTOR ATTACHMENT PROTEINS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 33746859789     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: 15210375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01485010600667050     Document Type: Article

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