Isolation and characterization of the major gel proteins in human semen, semenogelin I and semenogelin II

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 238, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 48-53

  Malm, Johan ^a   Hellman, Jukka ^b   Magnusson, Helena ^a   Laurell, Carl Bertil ^a   Lilja, Hans ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Semenogelin; Seminal coagulum; Seminal plasma; Seminal vesicle

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; SEMENOGELIN 1; SEMENOGELIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEMINAL PLASMA;

EID: 0029882990     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0048q.x     Document Type: Article

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