Expression of human proacrosin in Escherichia coli and binding to zona pellucida

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 606-615

  Furlong, Laura I ^a   Hellman, Ulf ^b   Krimer, Alejandro ^c   Tezón, Jorge G ^a   Charreau, Eduardo H ^a   Vazquez Levin, Mónica H ^a  

^a Inst de Biología y Medicina   (Argentina)

^b LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^c Bio Sidus   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EPITOPE; GLYCOPROTEIN; IODINE 125; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROACROSIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0034004659     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod62.3.606     Document Type: Article

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