Primary structure, genomic organization and expression of the major secretory protein of murine epididymis, ME1

Gene

Volumn 251, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-62

  Nakamura, Yuko ^a   Takayama, Noriyasu ^a   Minamitani, Takeharu ^a   Ikuta, Tomoki ^a   Ariga, Hiroyoshi ^a   Matsumoto, Ken Ichi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epididymal protein; HE1; Mouse; Sperm maturation

Indexed keywords

SECRETORY PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EPIDIDYMIS; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES; GLYCOPROTEINS; GLYCOSYLATION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INTRONS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034643894     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00189-X     Document Type: Article

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