In vitro mutagenesis of PH-20 hyaluronidase from human sperm

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 247, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 810-814

  Arming, Sigrid ^a   Strobl, Birgit ^a   Wechselberger, Christian ^a   Kreil, Günther ^a,b  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b Institute of Molecular Biology Salzburg   (Austria)

Author keywords

In vitro mutagenesis; PH 20 hyaluronidase; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HYALURONIDASE; VIRUS VECTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPERM; VACCINIA VIRUS;

APOIDEA; MAMMALIA; VACCINIA; VACCINIA VIRUS;

EID: 0030851912     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.t01-1-00810.x     Document Type: Article

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