Lipocalin-type prostaglandin D synthase in human male reproductive organs and seminal plasma

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 600-607

  Tokugawa, Yoshihiro ^a   Kunishige, Ichiro ^a   Kubota, Yasue ^a   Shimoya, Koichiro ^a   Nobunaga, Toshikatsu ^a   Kimura, Tadashi ^a   Saji, Fumitaka ^a   Murata, Yuji ^a   Eguchi, Naomi ^b   Oda, Hiroshi ^c   Urade, Yoshihiro ^d   Hayaishi, Osamu ^d  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c Maruha Nichiro Holdings Inc   (Japan)

^d OSAKA BIOSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLYCAN; LIPOCALIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROSTAGLANDIN D SYNTHASE; PROSTAGLANDIN D2;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OLIGOSPERMIA; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; SEMINAL PLASMA; TESTIS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENITALIA, MALE; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYSACCHARIDES; RNA, MESSENGER; SEMEN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031951294     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod58.2.600     Document Type: Article

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