The structure of the semenogelin gene locus Nucleotide sequence of the intergenic and the flanking DNA

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 235, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 466-470

  Lundwall, Ake ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Semen; Semenogelin; Seminal vesicle

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; SEMENOGELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEMINAL VESICLE SECRETORY PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0030047134     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.00466.x     Document Type: Article

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