VCY2 protein interacts with the HECT domain of ubiquitin-protein ligase E3A

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 296, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1104-1111

  Wong, Elaine Y M ^a   Tse, Jenny Y M ^a   Yao, Kwok Ming ^b   Tam, Po Chor ^b   Yeung, William S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Testis; UBE3A; Ubiquitin protein ligase; Ubiquitination; VCY2; Yeast two hybrid

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; PROTEIN VCY2; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MALE; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPERMATOZOON; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LIGASES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES; UBIQUITINS;

EID: 0036386064     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(02)02040-5     Document Type: Article

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