Shaping the sperm head: An ER enzyme leaves its mark

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2860-2863

  Roy, Angshumoy ^a   Lin, Yi Nan ^a   Matzuk, Martin M ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCOSIDASE; BETA GLUCOSIDASE 2; GLYCOLIPID; LYSOSOME ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME DEFECT; LIPID STORAGE; LIPIDOSIS; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SERTOLI CELL; SPERM;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELL SHAPE; CONTRACEPTION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GLYCOLIPIDS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SPERM HEAD;

EID: 33750600424     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI30221     Document Type: Review

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