A Putative 12-Transmembrane Domain Cotransporter Associated with Apical Membranes of the Epididymal Duct

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 542-556

  Obermann, Heike ^a   Wingbermühle, Anke ^a   Münz, Sibylle ^a   Kirchhoff, Christiane ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Hormon und Fortpflanzungsforschung IHF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apical membrane compartment; Canine epididymis; Transporter; TSCOT homologue

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COTRANSPORTER; ISOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 1642461542     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1939-4640.2003.tb02706.x     Document Type: Article

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