Regucalcin, a calcium-binding protein with a role in male reproduction?

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 161-170

  Laurentino, Sandra S ^a   Correia, Sara ^a   Cavaco, José Eduardo ^a   Oliveira, Pedro Fontes ^a   de Sousa, Mário ^b   Barros, Alberto ^b,c   Socorro, Sílvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Calcium; Male infertility; Spermatogenesis; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ANDROSTANOLONE; CALCITONIN; CALCIUM ION; DEXAMETHASONE; INSULIN; REGUCALCIN; SEX HORMONE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; OLIGOSPERMIA; OPEN READING FRAME; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; UPREGULATION; X CHROMOSOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENES, X-LINKED; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 84858685367     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gar075     Document Type: Review

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