Complement C4b-Binding Protein as a Novel Murine Epididymal Secretory Protein

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1931-1939

  Nonaka, Mayumi I ^a   Hishikawa, Yoshitaka ^b   Moriyama, Nobuo ^c   Koji, Takehiko ^b   Ogata, Ronald T ^d   Kudo, Akihiko ^e   Kawakami, Hayato ^e   Nonaka, Masaru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c FUKUOKA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TORREY PINES INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR STUDIES   (United States)

^e KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Gene regulation; Immunology; Male reproductive tract; Sperm maturation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4B BINDING PROTEIN; SECRETORY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; C4BPA GENE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GOLGI COMPLEX; GUINEA PIG; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; STEREOCILIUM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SPERM MATURATION; SPERMATOZOA; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; MURINAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0345601194     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.020289     Document Type: Article

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