Identification of human HAPRIN potentially involved in the acrosome reaction

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 511-518

  Kitamura, Kouichi ^a,b   Nishimura, Hiromi ^a   Nishimune, Yoshitake ^a   Tanaka, Hiromitsu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

RBCC protein; Sperm; Spermatozoa; Vesicle

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ACROSOME REACTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOCYTOSIS; FERTILIZATION; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GERM CELL; HAPLOIDY; HAPRIN GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPERM; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZINC FINGER MOTIF;

ACROSOME REACTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 20544436492     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.04189     Document Type: Article

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