Ejaculates from the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) contain semenogelin and beta-microseminoprotein but not prostate-specific antigen

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 247-255

  Valtonen André, Camilla ^a,c   Olsson, A Yvonne ^a   Nayudu, Penelope L ^b   Lundwall, Åke ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^c MAS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Male reproductive tract; Prostate; Seminal vesicle; Sperm

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; BETA MICROSEMINOPROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SEMENOGELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LIQUEFACTION; MALE; MARMOSET; MSP GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PSA GENE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPERM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CALLITHRIX; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC SECRETORY PROTEINS; SEMEN; SEMINAL VESICLE SECRETORY PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 18044373427     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20257     Document Type: Article

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