Localization of aquaporin-7 in human testis and ejaculated sperm: Possible involvement in maintenance of sperm quality

Journal of Urology

Volumn 172, Issue 5 I, 2004, Pages 2073-2076

  Saito, Kazutaka ^a   Kageyama, Yukio ^a   Okada, Yohei ^a   Kawakami, Satoru ^a   Kihara, Kazunori ^a   Ishibashi, Kenichi ^b   Sasaki, Sei ^a  

^a Tokyo Medical and Dental University ^*  (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AQP7 protein, human; Infertility, male; Sperm; Testis

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 7; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; WATER;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; TESTIS; WATER TRANSPORT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 5444242067     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000141499.08650.ab     Document Type: Article

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