Isolation and characterization of a rabbit epididymal secretory glycoprotein that associates to the spermatozoon surface

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 337-343

  Nieto, A ^a   Gutierrez Sagal, R ^a   Perez Martinez M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

amino acid sequence; epididymis; immunocytochemistry; protein purification

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; SECRETORY PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RABBIT; SPERMATOZOON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CRICETINAE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EPIDIDYMIS; GLYCOPROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDE MAPPING; RABBITS; RATS; SPERMATOZOA; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 1842413081     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199703)46:3<337::AID-MRD12>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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