Autoantigen 1 of the guinea pig sperm acrosome is the homologue of mouse Tpx-1 and human TPX1 and is a member of the cysteine-rich secretory protein (CRISP) family

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 221-229

  Foster, James A ^a   Gerton, George L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrosome; Autoantigen 1; Cysteine rich secretory protein; Guinea pig sperm

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; SECRETORY PROTEIN; SPERM ANTIGEN;

ACROSOME; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA PIG; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ACROSOME; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GLYCOPROTEINS; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 0029977253     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199606)44:2<221::AID-MRD11>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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