Spam1 (PH-20) expression in the extratesticular duct and accessory organs of the mouse: A possible role in sperm fluid reabsorption

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1101-1107

  Zhang, Hong ^a   Morales, Carlos R ^b   Badran, Haitham ^b   El Alfys, Mohamed ^c   Martin DeLeon, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Efferent ducts; Epididymis; Hyaluronidase activity; Male reproductive tract; Prostate; Seminal vesicles; Sperm; Vas deferens

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; HYALURONIC ACID; HYALURONIDASE; RNA; SPERM ADHESION MOLECULE 1; SPERM ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEMINAL VESICLE; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALS; BODY FLUIDS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; EJACULATORY DUCTS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENITALIA, MALE; HYALURONOGLUCOSAMINIDASE; MALE; MICE; PROSTATE; RNA; SEMINAL VESICLES; SPERMATOZOA; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 4544333457     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.030403     Document Type: Article

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