Purification and partial peptide sequence analysis of the boar proacrosin binding protein

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 76-80

  Huh, Kyung ^b   Yi, Lee S H ^a,b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Institute for Basic Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Proacrosin; Proacrosin binding protein

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; PROACROSIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GEL FILTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032816742     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199909)54:1<76::AID-MRD11>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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