Novel transcripts of carbonic anhydrase II in mouse and human testis

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 199-205

  Mezquita, P ^a   Mezquita, C ^a   Mezquita, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

5' untranslated mRNA; Polysomes; Spermatogenesis; TATA box

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE II;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TATA BOX;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033005240     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/5.3.199     Document Type: Article

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