Extracellular ubiquitin system implicated in fertilization of the ascidian, Halocynthia roretzi: Isolation and characterization

Developmental Biology

Volumn 264, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 299-307

  Sakai, Naoyuki ^a   Sawada, Hitoshi ^a,b   Yokosawa, Hideyoshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Egg; Fertilization; Proteasome; Sperm; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE MAGNESIUM; AGAROSE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CELLULOSE; DIETHYLAMINOETHYL CELLULOSE; GLYCEROL; HRVC70 RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR; SEA WATER; UBIQUITIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME RELEASE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EXUDATE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HALOCYNTHIA RORETZI; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM;

ASCIDIA; HALOCYNTHIA; HALOCYNTHIA RORETZI;

EID: 0242456264     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2003.07.016     Document Type: Article

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