Transcripts of aromatase and estrogen receptors and significance of other RNAs in human spermatozoa

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 249-255

  Carreau, Serge ^a,b   Galeraud Denis, Isabelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Fertility; Man; RNAs; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GONADOTROPIN DERIVATIVE; MESSENGER RNA; MYC PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTAMINE; RNA; TESTOSTERONE;

GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSLATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; SPERMATOZOON;

AROMATASE; HUMANS; MALE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 41449092399     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: 15210375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01485010701569908     Document Type: Review

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