Structure and function of secretory proteins of the male genital tract

Andrologia

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 202-204

  Topfer Petersen E ^a   Ekhlasi Hundrieser, M ^a   Tsolova, M ^a   Leeb, T ^a   Kirchhoff, C ^b   Muller P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; PROTEIN CRISP; PROTEIN FN 2; PROTEIN SPERMADHESIN; SECRETORY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEIN; SEMINAL VESICLE SECRETORY PROTEIN; SPERMADHESIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

ANIMALS; FERTILIZATION; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEINS; SEMINAL VESICLE SECRETORY PROTEINS; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS;

EID: 33644834939     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2005.00688.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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