Compartmentalization of prion isoforms within the reproductive tract of the ram

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 993-1001

  Ecroyd, Heath ^a   Sarradin, Pierre ^b   Dacheux, Jean Louis ^a   Gatti, Jean Luc ^a  

^a UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Gamete biology; Male reproductive tract; Sperm; Testis

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SHEEP; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; DETERGENTS; EPIDIDYMIS; GLYCOSYLATION; ISOMERISM; MALE; MEMBRANE MICRODOMAINS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PRPC PROTEINS; SEMEN; SHEEP; SOLUBILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 4243178133     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.029801     Document Type: Article

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