Effects of vasectomy on gene expression profiling along the human epididymis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 262-273

  Thimon, Véronique ^a   Calvo, Ezéquiel ^b   Koukoui, Omédine ^b   Légaré, Christine ^a   Sullivan, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Gamete biology; Gene expression; Male reproductive tract; Sperm maturation; Vasectomy; Vasovasostomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDIDYMIS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMIOGRAM; VASECTOMY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 48749121764     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.107.066449     Document Type: Article

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