Rodent epididymal cDNAs identified by sequence homology to human and canine counterparts

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 277-286

  Käppler Hanno, Katrin ^a   Kirchhoff, Christiane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

cDNA homology cloning; Epididymis; HE3 ; HE4 and ce8 homologous protein

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOSINE; LYSINE; MESSENGER RNA; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DOG; EPIDIDYMIS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGATION; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREPUBERTY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPERMATOGENESIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOGS; EPIDIDYMAL SECRETORY PROTEINS; EPIDIDYMIS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0347286749     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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