Mouse epididymal Spam1 (PH-20) is released in the luminal fluid with its lipid anchor

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-58

  Zhang, Hong ^a   Martin DeLeon, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epididymosomes; GPI anchor; Insoluble particles

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYPICAN; HYALURONIDASE; INOSITOL PHOSPHATE; LECTIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; SPERM ADHESION MOLECULE 1; TRITON X 100; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DEGLYCOSYLATION; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SPERM; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; EPIDIDYMIS; GLYCOSYLATION; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; HYALURONOGLUCOSAMINIDASE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; OCTOXYNOL; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL DIACYLGLYCEROL-LYASE; PHOSPHOINOSITIDE PHOSPHOLIPASE C; POLY A; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RNA, MESSENGER; SOLUBILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TYPE C PHOSPHOLIPASES;

EID: 0038408329     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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