EP2 splicing variants in rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) epididymis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 294-300

  Fröhlich, Otto ^a,b   Ibrahim, Nasreldin M ^a   Young, Leona G ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Gene regulation; Male reproductive tract

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN; CELL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EPIDIDYMAL PROTEIN 2; EPIDIDYMAL PROTEIN 2A; EPIDIDYMAL PROTEIN 2B; EPIDIDYMAL PROTEIN 2C; EPIDIDYMAL PROTEIN 2E; EPIDIDYMAL PROTEIN 2J; EPIDIDYMAL PROTEIN 2Q; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EP2 GENE; EPIDIDYMIS; EXON; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MACACA; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHESUS MONKEY; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EPIDIDYMAL SECRETORY PROTEINS; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAN TROGLODYTES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 0038112193     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.008482     Document Type: Article

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