A novel asparaginase-like protein is a sperm autoantigen in rats

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 233-247

  Bush, Leigh Ann ^a   Herr, John C ^a   Wolkowicz, Michael ^a   Sherman, Nicholas E ^b   Shore, Amy ^a   Flickinger, Charles J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Asparaginase; Auto antigens; Reproductive immunology; Sperm; Vasectomy

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINASE; AUTOANTIGEN; SPERM ANTIBODY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT; SPERMATOGENESIS; VASECTOMY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASPARAGINASE; AUTOANTIGENS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA;

EID: 0036249918     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.10092     Document Type: Article

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