Novel epididymal protease inhibitors with Kazal or WAP family domain

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 349, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 245-254

  Jalkanen, Jenni ^a   Kotimäki, Mika ^a   Huhtaniemi, Ilpo ^a,b   Poutanen, Matti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epididymis; EST; Kazal; Protease inhibitor; WAP

Indexed keywords

APROTININ; GLYCOSIDASE; ION; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN SPINK10; PROTEIN SPINK11; PROTEIN SPINK12; PROTEIN SPINK8; PROTEIN WFDC10; PROTEINASE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WHEY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADECTOMY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPINK11 GENE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TESTIS;

EID: 33748320916     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.08.023     Document Type: Article

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