Seasonal variation of peptidase activities in the reproductive tract of Crotalus durissus terrificus

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 84-92

  Marinho, Camila Eduardo ^a,b   SM, Almeida Santos ^a   Yamasaki, Simone Cristina ^a   Silveira, Paulo Flavio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Long term sperm storage; Peptidases; Rattlesnake; Reproduction; Reptile

Indexed keywords

5 OXOPROLYL PEPTIDASE; ACID AMINOPEPTIDASE; AMINOPEPTIDASE; BASIC AMINOPEPTIDASE; CYSTYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROLINE IMINOPEPTIDASE; PROLYL ENDOPEPTIDASE; PUROMYCIN INSENSITIVE NEUTRAL AMINOPEPTIDASE; PUROMYCIN SENSITIVE AMINOPEPTIDASE; PYROGLUTAMYL AMINOPEPTIDASE TYPE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROTALUS DURISSUS TERRIFICUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNAKE; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPRING; SUMMER; UTERUS; VAGINA; VAS DEFERENS; VITELLOGENESIS; WINTER;

AMINOPEPTIDASES; ANIMALS; CROTALUS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 57649238606     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.10.022     Document Type: Article

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