Role of sialic acid and sulfate groups in cervical mucus physiological functions: Study of Macaca radiata glycoproteins

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1623, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 53-61

  Nasir ud Din, ^a,b   Hoessli, Daniel C ^c   Rungger Brändle, Elisabeth ^c   Hussain, Syed Altaf ^d   Walker Nasir, Evelyne ^a,b  

^a Inst of Molecular Sciences/Bioinfo   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bonnet monkey; Cervical mucus; Mucin and glycoprotein; Sialic acid; Sulfate group

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; CARBOHYDRATE; CHYMOTRYPSIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; PRONASE; PROTEIN; SEPHAROSE; SIALIC ACID; SULFATE; TRYPSIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GEL FILTRATION; LUTEAL PHASE; MACROMOLECULE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

MACACA; MACACA RADIATA;

EID: 0142200304     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4165(03)00150-8     Document Type: Article

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