Glycomolecule Modifications in the Seminiferous Epithelial Cells and in the Acrosome of Post-testicular Spermatozoa in the Alpaca

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 675-686

  Parillo, F ^a   Verini Supplizi, A ^b   Mancuso, R ^c   Catone, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c Veterinary Practitioner   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PLANT LECTIN; SIALIDASE;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; GLYCOSYLATION; MALE; METABOLISM; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOZOON; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; CYTOPLASM; GLYCOPROTEINS; GLYCOSYLATION; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURAMINIDASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PLANT LECTINS; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOZOA;

LAMA PACOS;

EID: 84863745960     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2008.01134.x     Document Type: Article

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