Testase 1 (ADAM 24) a plasma membrane-anchored sperm protease implicated in sperm function during epididymal maturation or fertilization

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1787-1794

  Zhu, Guo Zhang ^a   Myles, Diana G ^b   Primakoff, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ADAM; Fertilization; Membrane anchored protease; Sperm; Testase 1

Indexed keywords

FERTILIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GLYCOPROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; METALLOPROTEINASE; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEINASE; TESTASE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILIZATION; GOLGI COMPLEX; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; STIMULATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ADAM PROTEINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILIZATION; HYDROLYSIS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASE C; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; CAPUT;

EID: 0035005450     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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