Chemical characterization of the predominant proteins secreted by mouse seminal vesicles

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 249, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-44

  Lundwall, Åke ^a,b   Peter, Anders ^a   Lövgren, Janita ^a   Lilja, Hans ^a   Malm, Johan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Androgen; Coagulation; Semen; Seminal vesicle; Transglutaminase

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SECRETION; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEMINAL VESICLE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030819922     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.t01-2-00039.x     Document Type: Article

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