Isolation of human cationic antimicrobial protein-18 from seminal plasma and its association with prostasomes

Human Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2529-2534

  Andersson, E ^a   Sorensen O E ^b   Frohm, B ^a   Borregaard, N ^b   Egesten, A ^a   Malm, J ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cathelicidin; hCAP 18; LL 37; Prostasome; Semen

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; CATHELICIDIN; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV; HUMAN CATIOINIC ANTIMICROBIAL PROTEIN 18; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; CELL VACUOLE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GEL FILTRATION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULE; PROSTASOME; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REPRODUCTION; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM; ULTRACENTRIFUGE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0036796148     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/17.10.2529     Document Type: Article

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