Paramount levels of ergothioneine transporter SLC22A4 mRNA in boar seminal vesicles and cross-species analysis of ergothioneine and glutathione in seminal plasma

Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 411-419

  Nikodemus, D ^a   Lazic, D ^a   Bach, M ^a,b   Bauer, T ^a   Pfeiffer, C ^a   Wiltzer, L ^a,b   Lain, E ^a   Schomig E ^a   Grundemann D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Ergothioneine; Glutathione peroxidase; Lipid peroxidation; Male reproductive tract; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; ERGOTHIONEINE TRANSPORTER; GLUTATHIONE; MESSENGER RNA; THIONEINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BOAR (MALE PIG); BULBOURETHRAL GLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EYE; GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROSTATE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEMINAL VESICLE; SLC22A4 GENE; SPECIES COMPARISON; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHICKENS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ERGOTHIONEINE; GLUTATHIONE; HEK293 CELLS; HORSES; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLASMIDS; RABBITS; RATS, WISTAR; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEMEN; SEMINAL VESICLES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUS SCROFA; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 82155167067     PISSN: 08675910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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