Purification and partial peptide sequence analysis of the boar 32 kDa sperminogen

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 107-111

  Yu, Hyunkyung ^a   Yi, Lee S H ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acrosin; Proacrosin; Spermatozoa; Sperminogen

Indexed keywords

ACROSIN; ENZYME PRECURSOR; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PROACROSIN; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SWINE;

ACROSIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME PRECURSORS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEINS; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE;

EID: 0035980106     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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