Presence of Vicia graminea or Vicia unijuga lectin-binding (Vgu) glycoproteins with and without Thomsen-Friedenreich (T) antigen in normal human seminal plasma

Research Communications in Molecular Pathology and Pharmacology

Volumn 110, Issue 5-6, 2001, Pages 293-302

  Yamaguchi, Yukihiro ^a   Otsuka, Katsuhiro ^b   Habu, Yoshiko ^c   Ohyama, Kunio ^b   Kurotsu, Toshitsugu ^a   Ookawara, Tomomi ^a   Ohkuma, Seiichi ^b   Yamakawa, Toshio ^b   Suzuki, Keiichiro ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arachis hypogaea; Human seminal plasma; Lectin; Oncofetal antigen; Thomsen Friedenreich antigen; Vgu glycoprotein; Vicia graminea; Vicia unijuga

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN VGU; IODINE 125; LECTIN BINDING GLYCOPROTEIN; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; ONCOFETAL ANTIGEN; PERCHLORIC ACID; PLANT LECTIN; PROTEIN; SIALIC ACID; SIALOGLYCOPROTEIN; THOMSEN FRIEDENREICH ANTIGEN; TUMOR ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; HUMAN; MALE; PEANUT; PLANT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEROLOGY; VICIA GRAMINEA; VICIA UNIJUGA;

ANTIGENS, TUMOR-ASSOCIATED, CARBOHYDRATE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; GLYCOPROTEINS; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; RIBONUCLEASES; SEMEN; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

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