Acrosomal biogenesis in human globozoospermia: Immunocytochemical, ultrastructural and proteomic studies

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1912-1921

  Alvarez Sed, Cristian ^a,b   Rawe, Vanesa Y ^c,d   Chemes, Hctor E ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b Centro de Estudios en Ginecologia y Reproduccion Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^c REPROTEC   (Argentina)

^d CREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

acrosome biogenesis; globozoospermia; perinuclear theca

Indexed keywords

ACROSIN; PERINUCLEAR THECA; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME; ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BIOGENESIS; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; GERM CELL; GLOBOZOOSPERMIA; GOLGI COMPLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MALE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEOMICS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; TESTIS BIOPSY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84863568248     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/des126     Document Type: Article

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