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Elevated aminopeptidase N affects sperm motility and early embryo development

Aminopeptidase N (APN) is a naturally occurring ectopeptidase present in mammalian semen. Previous studies have demonstrated that APN adversely affects male fertility through the alteration of sperm motility. This enzyme constitutes 0.5 to 1% of the seminal plasma proteins, which can be transferred...

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Autores principales: Khatun, Amena, Rahman, Md Saidur, Ryu, Do-Yeal, Kwon, Woo-Sung, Pang, Myung-Geol
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5578674/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28859152
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0184294