Evaluation of uridine metabolism in human and animal spermatozoa

Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids

Volumn 25, Issue 9-11, 2006, Pages 1215-1219

  Niemeyer, T ^a   Dietz, C ^a   Fairbanks, L ^b   Schroeder Printzen, I ^c   Henkel, R ^d   Löeffler, Monika ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

CASA; Kinase; Nucleotide pools; Spermatozoa; Uridine phosphorylase

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; HYPOXANTHINE; PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOSIDE; URIDINE; URIDINE KINASE; URIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON;

ADENINE; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HUMANS; HYPOXANTHINE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NUCLEOTIDES; PHOSPHORYLATION; RIBOSE; SEMEN; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; URIDINE; URIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33750491291     PISSN: 15257770     EISSN: 15322335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15257770600894584     Document Type: Article

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