Detection of a short CCR5 messenger RNA isoform in human spermatozoa

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 757-760

  Januchowski, Radosław ^a   Brȩborowicz, Andrzej K ^a   Ofori, Harold ^a   Jedrzejczak, Piotr ^a   Pawelczyk, Leszek ^a   Jagodzinski, Paweł P ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

CCR5; mRNA; RQ PCR; Sperm

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5; MESSENGER RNA; RANTES;

ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXON; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON;

EID: 4143146491     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1939-4640.2004.tb02852.x     Document Type: Article

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