Novel antimicrobial peptide of human epididymal duct origin

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 804-813

  Von Horsten, Hans Henning ^a   Derr, Petra ^a   Kirchhoff, Christiane ^a  

^a Institut fur Hormon und Fortpflanzungsforschung IHF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Gene regulation; Sperm

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN; CELL PROTEIN; FURIN; GENE PRODUCT; ISOPROTEIN; PEPTIDE; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE; PROTEIN HE2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BETA-DEFENSINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DEFENSINS; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOPEPTIDES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSORBENT TECHNIQUES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEMEN;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0036720535     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.004564     Document Type: Article

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