Identification and characterization of testis- and epididymis-specific genes: Cystatin SC and cystatin TE-1

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1872-1880

  Li, Ying ^a   Friel, Patrick J ^a   Robinson, Monty O ^a   McLean, Derek J ^a   Griswold, Michael D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Sertoli cell; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

CYSTATIN; CYSTATIN SC; CYSTATIN TE 1; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYSTATIN SC PROTEIN, MOUSE; CYSTATIN TE 1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; CYSTATIN TE-1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BRAIN LEVEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIVER; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; RAT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; CAPUT; ILEX COOKII;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYSTATINS; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0036892220     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.003368     Document Type: Article

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