Recombinant human zona pellucida proteins ZP1, ZP2 and ZP3 co-expressed in a human cell line

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-13

  Martic, Mirjana ^a,b   Moses, Eric K ^a,b   Adams, Tim E ^c   Liu, De Yi ^a   Gook, Debra A ^a,b   Garrett, Claire ^a   Dunlop, Marjorie E ^a   Baker, Gordon H W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Glycosylation; Human cell line; Recombinant proteins; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; GLYCOPROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL LYSATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; FUNCTION TEST; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ACROSOME REACTION; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; EGG PROTEINS; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 1842587837     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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