Host defense proteins of the male reproductive tract

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 585-597

  Hall, Susan H ^a   Hamil, Katherine G ^a   French, Frank S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; BETA DEFENSIN; CATHELICIDIN; CELL PROTEIN; CYSTATIN C; DEFENSIN; LACTOFERRIN; LECTIN; LIPOCALIN; LUNG SURFACTANT; LYSOZYME; MUCIN; NOD RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BIN1B; PROTEIN HE2; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; SECRETORY LEUKOCYTE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR;

HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM;

ANIMAL; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MALE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; ANIMALS; HUMANS;

EID: 0036708420     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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