Identification of the 48-kDa G11 protein from guinea pig testes as sperad

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 293, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 617-623

  Kirankumar, Santhakumar ^a   Pandian, Thavamani Jegajothivel ^a  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

CAVIA PORCELLUS; PROKARYOTA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0036847788     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.10182     Document Type: Article

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