Mouse Spam1 (PH-20): Evidence for its expression in the epididymis and for a new category of spermatogenic-expressed genes

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 822-832

  Deng, X ^a   He, Y ^a   Martin DeLeon, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diploid haploid expression; Epididymal epithelium; Sperm antigen

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; HYALURONIDASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CROSSES, GENETIC; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYALURONOGLUCOSAMINIDASE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED ICR; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033764080     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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