A NEWLY DISCOVERED ROLE FOR COWPER'S GLAND SECRETION IN RODENT SEMEN COAGULATION
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- 1 October 1968
- journal article
- Published by Bioscientifica in Reproduction
- Vol. 17 (1) , 87-94
- https://doi.org/10.1530/jrf.0.0170087
Abstract
When rat Cowper's (bulbo-urethral) secretion was reacted in vitro with vesicular secretion, coagulation occurred. The reaction displayed a pH optimum of 5·9. Neither heat nor dialysis of Cowper's secretion destroyed its activity. Electrophoretic fractionation of Cowper's secretion resulted in the isolation of the active fraction which, on the basis of chemical tests, appears to be a glycoprotein. The vesicular substrate for this reaction was identified by electrophoresis.Keywords
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