Testicular biosynthesis and epididymal endoproteolytic processing of rat sperm surface antigen 2B1

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2561-2570

  Jones, Roy ^a   Ma, Alicia ^a   Hou, Sheng Tao ^b   Shalgi, Ruth ^c   Hall, Len ^b  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Sperm antigen processing; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GLYCOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SPERM ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; SPERMATID; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; TESTIS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; ENDOPEPTIDASES; EPIDIDYMIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HYALURONOGLUCOSAMINIDASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; CAPUT; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029861018     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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