Identification of cystatin as a component of carp chorion

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 430-435

  Chang, Y S ^a,b   Weng, J W ^b   Li, C C ^b   Huang, F L ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carp; Chorion; Cortical reaction; Cystatin; Fertilization envelope

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTATIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARP; CHORION; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; YOLK SAC;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARPS; CHORION; CYSTATINS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; OVARY;

EID: 0031735393     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199812)51:4<430::AID-MRD10>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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