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Molecular Reproduction & Development Volume 84, Issue 3, March 2017
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
molecular reproduction and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.745
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1098-2795
pISSN - 1040-452X
DOI - 10.1002/mrd.22700
Subject(s) - capacitation , biology , sperm , microbiology and biotechnology , epithelium , reproduction , in vitro , prostate , medicine , andrology , endocrinology , genetics , cancer
The proteins secreted from the accessory sex glands are important for interacting with and modulating sperm function. For example, Regucalcin, a secreted calcium‐regulating protein (green), is highly expressed by the glandular epithelium of buffalo prostate gland shown in this image. Harikrishna et al. (this issue) identified the suppressive effect of Regucalcin during in vitro capacitation of buffalo spermatozoa .