Epididymosomes: Transfer of fertility-modulating proteins to the sperm surface

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 720-725

  Martin Deleon, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); EPIDIDYMAL SECRETORY PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; PLASMA MEMBRANE CALCIUM TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPIDIDYMAL LUMINAL FLUID; EPIDIDYMIS; EPIDIDYMOSOME; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE FERTILITY; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ANIMAL; FERTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEOMICS;

ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEOMICS; SPERM MATURATION; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84940736131     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1008-682X.155538     Document Type: Conference Paper

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