Localization of the Rho GTPases and some Rho effector proteins in the sperm of several mammalian species

Zygote

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 249-257

  Ducummon, Carl C ^a,b   Berger, Trish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Pacific Reproductive Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Effector proteins; Eutherian mammals; Immunolocalization; Rho family GTPases; Sperm

Indexed keywords

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL-4-PHOSPHATE 5-KINASE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE DISSOCIATION INHIBITOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 4 PHOSPHATE KINASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE DISSOCIATION INHIBITORS; RHO KINASE; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; ELEPHANT; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; RAT; SHEEP; SPERMATOZOON; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ELEPHANTS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE DISSOCIATION INHIBITORS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RATS; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES; SHEEP; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE;

BOS TAURUS; MAMMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33745825585     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: 14698730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199406003790     Document Type: Article

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