New proteins identified in epididymal fluid from the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1002-1007

  Dacheux, Jean Louis ^a   Dacheux, Francoise ^a   Labas, Valerie ^b   Ecroyd, Heath ^c   Nixon, Brett ^d   Jones, Russell C ^d  

^a UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Monotreme; Proteome; Sperm maturation

Indexed keywords

OSTEONECTIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN E OR20; PROTEIN PXN FBPL; PROTEOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; EPIDIDYMIS; EPIDIDYMIS FLUID; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PLATYPUS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BODY FLUIDS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; PLATYPUS; PROTEINS; PROTEOME;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; MONOTREMATA; ORNITHORHYNCHUS ANATINUS;

EID: 71049120360     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD09091     Document Type: Article

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