Processing of the sperm protein Sp17 during the acrosome reaction and characterization as a calmodulin binding protein

Developmental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 113-122

  Wen, Ying ^a   Richardson, Richard T ^a   O'Rand, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Calmodulin binding; Proteolytic processing; Sp17

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CALCIUM ION; CALMODULIN; DETERGENT; EDETIC ACID; NEUROMODULIN; PROTEIN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RABBIT; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

EID: 0033557996     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.9137     Document Type: Article

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