Purification and characterization of the plasma membrane glycosidases of Drosophila melanogaster spermatozoa

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 929-941

  Cattaneo, F ^a   Ogiso, M ^b   Hoshi, M ^b   Perotti, M E ^a   Pasini, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Gamete interactions; Hexosaminidase; Insects; Mannosidase

Indexed keywords

ALPHA MANNOSIDASE; ALPHA-MANNOSIDASE; BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; GLYCOSIDASE; ISOENZYME; MANNOSIDASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; DIMERIZATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME GLYCOSYLATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ENZYMOLOGY; FERTILIZATION; GEL FILTRATION; KINETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPERMATOZOON; THERMOSTABILITY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; MELANOGASTER;

ALPHA-MANNOSIDASE; ANIMALS; BETA-N-ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; CELL MEMBRANE; DIMERIZATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME STABILITY; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; ISOENZYMES; KINETICS; MALE; MANNOSIDASES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SPERMATOZOA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035983294     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(02)00031-0     Document Type: Article

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