Polysialylation of NCAM correlates with onset and termination of seasonal spermatogenesis in roe deer

Glycobiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 488-493

  Hänsch, Manka ^a   Simon, Peter ^a   Schön, Jennifer ^b   Kaese, Miriam ^a   Braun, Beate C ^a   Jewgenow, Katarina ^c   Göritz, Franz ^c   Küpper, Julia ^a   Ahmadvand, Negah ^a   Geyer, Rudolf ^a   Middendorff, Ralf ^a   Müller, Karin ^a   Galuska, Sebastian P ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Berlin Brandenburg School for Regenerative Therapies (BSRT)   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

neural cell adhesion molecule; polysialic acid; roe deer; seasonal spermatogenesis; spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; POLYSIALIC ACID; SIALIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; GERM LAYER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROE DEER; SERTOLI CELL; SIALYLATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPRING; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; WINTER; ANIMAL; DEER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; DEER; MALE; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SERTOLI CELLS; SIALIC ACIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; TESTIS;

EID: 84899867064     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: 14602423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwu023     Document Type: Article

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