Cloning, sequencing, and characterization of LDH-C4 from a fox testis cDNA library

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 452-459

  Bradley, Mark P ^a   Geelan, Amber ^b   Leitch, Virginia ^b   Goldberg, Erwin ^c  

^a Perth Zoological Gardens   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunocontraception; LDH C4; Spermatozoa; Testis; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE (CYTOCHROME); LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE ISOENZYME X; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FEMALE; FOX; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TESTIS CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; FOXES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOENZYMES; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SEASONS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 0029785176     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199608)44:4<452::AID-MRD4>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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