Analysis of epididymal sperm maturation by top-down mass spectrometry
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INSTRUMENT(S): LTQ Orbitrap
ORGANISM(S): Sus Scrofa Domesticus (domestic Pig)
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Labas Valerie
LAB HEAD: Valérie Labas
PROVIDER: PXD001303 | Pride | 2014-12-16
REPOSITORIES: Pride
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Analysis of epididymal sperm maturation by MALDI profiling and top-down mass spectrometry.
Labas Valérie V Spina Lucie L Belleannee Clémence C Teixeira-Gomes Ana-Paula AP Gargaros Audrey A Dacheux Françoise F Dacheux Jean-Louis JL
Journal of proteomics 20141014
The fertilization ability of male gametes is achieved after their transit through the epididymis where important post-gonadal differentiation occurs in different cellular compartments. Most of these maturational modifications occur at the protein level. The epididymal sperm maturation process was investigated using the ICM-MS (Intact Cell MALDI-TOF MS) approach on boar spermatozoa isolated from four different epididymal regions (immature to mature stage). Differential and quantitative MALDI-TOF ...[more]
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