Localization of AKAP4 and tubulin proteins in sperm with reduced motility

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 641-649

  Moretti, Elena ^a   Scapigliati, Giacomo ^a   Pascarelli, Nicola Antonio ^a   Baccetti, Baccio ^a   Collodel, Giulia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

AKAP4; Immunocy to chemistry; Motility; Sperm; Transmission electron microscope

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE ANCHORING PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE ANCHORING PROTEIN 3; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE ANCHORING PROTEIN 4; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY LABELING; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AXONEME; BINDING SITE; CELL DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE INFERTILITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE SHEATH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCREENING TEST; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SEMEN; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TUBULIN;

EID: 34548419722     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7262.2007.00267.x     Document Type: Article

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