Monotremes provide a key to understanding the evolutionary significance of epididymal sperm maturation

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 665-671

  Nixon, Brett ^a   Ecroyd, Heath W ^b   Dacheux, Jean Louis ^c   Jones, Russell C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

Epididymis; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; CARBOHYDRATE; CLUSTERIN; GALACTOSIDASE; GLYCOSIDASE; LACTOFERRIN; LAMININ; LIPOCALIN; MANNOSIDASE; OSTEONECTIN; PENTRAXIN; PEROXIDASE; PROSTAGLANDIN D SYNTHASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MOTILITY; ECHIDNA; EPIDIDYMIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MAMMAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYLOGENY; PLATYPUS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REPTILE; REVIEW; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECHIDNA; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMANS; MALE; PLATYPUS; SPERM MATURATION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 80455124127     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.110.012716     Document Type: Review

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