Immunolocalization of humanin in human sperm and testis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2888-2890

  Moretti, Elena ^a   Giannerini, Valentina ^a   Rossini, Lara ^b   Matsuoka, Masaaki ^c   Trabalzini, Lorenza ^a   Collodel, Giulia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b SienaBiotech   (Italy)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

human sperm; human testis; Humanin; immunocytochemistry; immunoelectronmicroscopy

Indexed keywords

HUMANIN;

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPERM; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS;

APOPTOSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERTILITY, MALE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 78650193971     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.04.075     Document Type: Article

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