title: Mammalian epididymal proteome.
abstract: In all mammalian species, the final differentiation of the male germ cell occurs in the epididymal duct where the spermatozoa develop the ability to be motile and fertilize an ovum. Understanding of these biological processes is the key to understanding and controlling male fertility. Comparative studies between several mammals could be an informative approach to finding common sperm modifications which are not species-specific. The new global biological approaches such as transcriptomes and proteomes provide considerable information which can be used for such comparative approaches. This report summarizes our proteomic studies of the epididymis of several mammals, including humans.
authors.affiliation: INRA-CNRS 6175, Nouzilly, France. jdacheux@tours.inra.fr
authors.forename: Jean-Louis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Dacheux
authors.forename: Clémence
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Belleannée
authors.forename: Russell
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Valérie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Labas
authors.forename: Maya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Belghazi
authors.forename: Benoît
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Guyonnet
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Druart
authors.forename: Jean Luc
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Gatti
authors.forename: Françoise
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dacheux
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001826:Body Fluids / Q000378:metabolism; D004822:Epididymis / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008322:Mammals / Q000378:metabolism*; D020543:Proteome / Q000378:metabolism*; D013045:Species Specificity; D013079:Sperm Maturation
chemical_list: D020543:Proteome