Semenogelin I and semenogelin II, the major gel-forming proteins in human semen, are substrates for transglutaminase

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 252, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 216-221

  Peter, Anders ^a   Lilja, Hans ^a   Lundwall, Åke ^a   Malm, Johan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Prostate specific antigen; Semen; Semenogelin; Seminal vesicle; Transglutaminase

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; SEMENOGELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERM;

CADAVERINE; CALCIUM; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DISULFIDES; DITHIOTHREITOL; FLUORESCENT DYES; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEMEN; SEMINAL VESICLE SECRETORY PROTEINS; SOLUBILITY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGLUTAMINASES; UREA;

EID: 0032031582     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2520216.x     Document Type: Article

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