Mouse cysteine-rich secretory protein 4 (CRISP4): A member of the Crisp family exclusively expressed in the epididymis in an androgen-dependent manner

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1268-1274

  Jalkanen, Jenni ^a   Huhtaniemi, Ilpo ^a,b   Poutanen, Matti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crisp; Cysteine rich secretory protein; Epididymis; EST; Male reproductive tract; Sperm maturation

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CYSTEINE; SECRETORY PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 1; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EPIDIDYMIS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC CODE; HORMONE DEPENDENCE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN SECRETION; PUBERTY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEINS; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MURINAE;

EID: 17444362229     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.035758     Document Type: Article

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