Origin of an 84-kDa protein with ABH blood-typing antigen activity in human seminal plasma

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 481-486

  Sato, Itaru ^a   Nakamura, Arata ^a   Yamazaki, Kentaro ^b   Sakata, Noriaki ^b   Ito, Kaoru ^b   Ito, Emi ^b   Sagi, Morihisa ^b  

^a Scientific Crime Laboratory   (Japan)

^b ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

ABO blood group substance; Lactotransferrin; P 84; Seminal vesicles

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP ANTIGEN; LACTOFERRIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEMINAL VESICLE;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; SEMEN;

EID: 0032780544     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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