Epididymosomes convey different repertoires of micrornas throughout the bovine epididymis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Belleannée, Clémence ^a   Calvo, É́zequiel ^a   Caballero, Julieta ^a   Sullivan, Robert ^a  

^a Université Laval   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epididymosomes; Intercellular communication; MicroRNAs; Sperm maturation

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 103; MICRORNA 1224; MICRORNA 1308; MICRORNA 143; MICRORNA 187; MICRORNA 191; MICRORNA 196; MICRORNA 196B; MICRORNA 199; MICRORNA 214; MICRORNA 26A; MICRORNA 31; MICRORNA 322; MICRORNA 395; MICRORNA 424; MICRORNA 449; MICRORNA 450; MICRORNA 503; MICRORNA 542; MICRORNA 654; MICRORNA 72; MICRORNA 762; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BOVINE MODEL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL INTERACTION; EPIDIDYMIS; EPIDIDYMIS CAPUT; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; EPIDIDYMOSOME; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RNA TRANSPORT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CYTOLOGY; EPIDIDYMOSOMES; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SECRETORY VESICLE; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

EPIDIDYMOSOMES; INTERCELLULAR COMMUNICATION; MICRORNAS; SPERM MATURATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; MICRORNAS; SECRETORY VESICLES;

EID: 84886877868     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.113.110486     Document Type: Article

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