Biochemical characterization of sialoprotein 'anti-agglutinin' purified from boar epididymal and seminal plasma

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 96-103

  Harayama, Hiroshi ^a   Liao, Pao Chi ^b   Gage, Douglas A ^c   Miyake, Masashi ^a   Kato, Seishiro ^a   Hammerstedt, Roy H ^d  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cell recognition; Epididymal sialoprotein; Mass spectrometry; Posttranslational modification

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; SIALOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; EPIDIDYMIS; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SWINE;

EID: 0033992268     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(200001)55:1<96::AID-MRD13>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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