Characterization and identification of proteins secreted in the various regions of the adult boar epididymis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 956-974

  Syntin, Patrick ^a   Dacheux, Françoise ^a,b   Druart, Xavier ^a   Gatti, Jean Luc ^a   Okamura, Naomichi ^c   Dacheux, Jean Louis ^a  

^a UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA MANNOSIDASE; BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; CATHEPSIN L; CLUSTERIN; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LACTOFERRIN; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EPIDIDYMIS; FLUOROGRAPHY; ISOELECTRIC POINT; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SWINE; TISSUE CULTURE;

ALPHA-MANNOSIDASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BETA-N-ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; CATHEPSINS; CLUSTERIN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME PRECURSORS; EPIDIDYMIS; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLYCOPROTEINS; ISOELECTRIC POINT; LACTOFERRIN; MALE; MANNOSIDASES; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; CAPUT; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0029858626     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod55.5.956     Document Type: Article

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