Crystal structure of acidic seminal fluid protein (aSFP) at 1.9 Å resolution: A bovine polypeptide of the spermadhesin family

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 274, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 650-660

  Romão, Maria J ^a,b   Kölln, Ingo ^a   Dias, João M ^a   Carvalho, Ana L ^a   Romero, Antonio ^c   Varela, Paloma F ^c   Sanz, Libia ^d   Töpfer Petersen, Edda ^d   Calvete, Juan J ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^d Inst fur Reproduktionsmedizin   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acidic seminal fluid protein; aSFP; Bovine seminal plasma protein; CUB domain; Spermadhesins

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; SPERM ANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FOLDING; SEMINAL PLASMA;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MIRIDAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 0031565993     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1423     Document Type: Article

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