Identification and androgen regulation of egasyn in the mouse epididymis

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Cell Research

Volumn 1401, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 177-186

  Abou Haila, Aida ^a   Orgebin Crist, Marie Claire ^b   Skudlarek, Marjorie D ^b   Tulsiani, Daulat R P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b Dept Obstet Gynecol V   (United States)

Author keywords

(Mouse); Androgen regulation; Egasyn; Epididymis; Esterase; Two dimensional electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EGASYN; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDIDYMIS; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CASTRATION; EPIDIDYMIS; ESTERASES; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; PRECIPITIN TESTS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; CAPUT;

EID: 0032481343     PISSN: 01674889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4889(97)00117-1     Document Type: Article

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