Polyol pathway along the bovine epididymis

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 448-456

  Frenette, Gilles ^a   Lessard, Carl ^a   Sullivan, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Membrane vesicles; Sperm maturation; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; IDITOL DEHYDROGENASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; POLYOL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDIDYMIS; GAMETE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CYTOPLASMIC VESICLES; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCOSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; L-IDITOL 2-DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SORBITOL; SPERM MATURATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

BOVINAE;

EID: 7944233839     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20170     Document Type: Article

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