The contribution of proteomics to understanding epididymal maturation of mammalian spermatozoa

Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 197-210

  Dacheux, Jean Louis ^a   Belleannée, Clémence ^b   Guyonnet, Benoit ^c   Labas, Valérie ^a   Teixeira Gomes, Ana Paula ^a   Ecroyd, Heath ^d   Druart, Xavier ^a   Gatti, Jean Luc ^e   Dacheux, Françoise ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

epididymis; maturation; proteomic; spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

EPIDIDYMIS; GAMETE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BODY FLUIDS; CELL MEMBRANE; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMANS; MALE; PROTEOMICS; SEMEN; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84863733063     PISSN: 19396368     EISSN: 19396368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/19396368.2012.663233     Document Type: Review

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