Estrogen sulfotransferase is highly expressed along the bovine epididymis and is secreted into the intraluminal environment

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 580-589

  Frenette, Gilles ^a   Leclerc, Pierre ^a   D'Amours, Olivier ^a   Sullivan, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Cholesteryl sulfate; Reproductive tract; Sperm maturation

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; ESTROGEN SULFOTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BULL (BOVINE); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; EPIDIDYMIS; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETE TESTIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOZOON; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; SULFOTRANSFERASES;

EID: 70349493015     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.108.006668     Document Type: Article

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