Oviductin, the oviductal protease that mediates gamete interaction by affecting the vitelline coat in Bufo japonicus: Its molecular cloning and analyses of expression and posttranslational activation

Developmental Biology

Volumn 243, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 176-184

  Hiyoshi, Masateru ^a   Takamune, Kazufumi ^a   Mita, Koichi ^b   Kubo, Hideo ^c   Sugimoto, Yasusi ^d   Katagiri, Chiaki ^e  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TENSHI COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bufo japonicus; Hormonally induced gene expression; Oviductal pars recta; Oviductin cDNA; Posttranslational processing

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; OVIDUCTIN; PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BUFO JAPONICUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TOAD; TRANSLATION REGULATION; VITELLINE MEMBRANE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BUFO; BUFO JAPONICUS;

EID: 0036499914     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2001.0558     Document Type: Article

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