Mouse testicular sulfated glycoprotein-1: Sequence analysis of the common backbone structure of prosaposins

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 165-174

  Zhao, Qing ^a   Bell, Alexander W ^a   El Alfy, Mohamed ^a   Morales, Carlos R ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Fonds de la Rech en S du Quebec ^*

Author keywords

Exon; mRNA; Protein structure; Sertoli cell

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; PROSAPOSIN; SPHINGOLIPID ACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RATS; SAPOSINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TESTIS;

EID: 0031949901     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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