NRD convertase: A putative processing endoprotease associated with the axoneme and the manchette in late spermatids

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2737-2745

  Chesneau, Valérie ^a   Prat, Annik ^a   Segretain, Dominique ^b,c   Hospital, Véronique ^a   Dupaix, Alain ^c   Foulon, Thierry ^a   Jégou, Bernard ^c   Cohen, Paul ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Laboratoire d'Excellence Inflamex   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Metalloendopeptidase; Proprotein processing; Spermiogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; METALLOPROTEINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXONEME; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GERM CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MICROTUBULE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL EXTRACTS; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; MALE; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERMATIDS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029964859     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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