Isolation and characterization of a protein with homology to angiotensin converting enzyme from the periacrosomal plasma membrane of equine spermatozoa

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 251-260

  Dobrinski, Ina ^a   Ignotz, George G ^a   Fagnan, Molly S ^a   Yudin, Ashley I ^b   Ball, Barry A ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzyme; Horse; Membrane protein; Sperm

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECEPTOR;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; HORSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UTERINE TUBE MUCOSA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; EPIDIDYMIS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HORSES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSORBENT TECHNIQUES; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; PROTEINS; RABBITS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; MACACA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030882234     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199710)48:2<251::AID-MRD13>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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