Molecular weights and isoelectric points of sperm antigens relevant to autoimmune infertility in men

Journal of Urology

Volumn 155, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1928-1933

  Pillai, Subbi ^a   Wright, David ^a   Gupta, Akshay ^a   Zhou, Gary ^a   Hull, Gerald ^a   Jiang, Haixiang ^a   Zhang, Huamei ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

antigens; infertility; isoelectric point; male; molecular weight; spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1S INHIBITOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; SPERM ANTIBODY; SPERM ANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

EID: 0029863708     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)66050-6     Document Type: Article

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