Molecular cloning and sequencing of cDNA encoding for a novel testis- specific antigen

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 449-457

  Naz, Rajesh K ^a   Zhu, Xiaolong ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisperm antibodies; Contraceptive vaccine; Fertility; Fertilization; Sperm antigens

Indexed keywords

SPERM ANTIBODY; SPERM ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; DNA SEQUENCE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GLYCOSYLATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONTRACEPTION, IMMUNOLOGIC; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TESTIS;

EID: 0030817409     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199712)48:4<449::AID-MRD5>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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