Molecular cloning and characterization of the human orthologue of the oppo 1 gene encoding a sperm tail protein

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 9, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 237-243

  Kitamura, Kouichi ^a   Miyagawa, Yasushi ^a,b   Iguchi, Naoko ^a   Nishimura, Hiromi ^a   Tanaka, Hiromitsu ^a   Nishimune, Yoshitake ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alu repeat; oppo 1; Outer dense fibres; Sperm; Spermiogenesis

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; SPERM TAIL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALU SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CHROMOSOME 17; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRON; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; TESTIS;

EID: 0037635063     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gag030     Document Type: Article

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