Acrosome-specific gene AEP1: Identification, characterization and roles in spermatogenesis

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 209, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 755-766

  Luk, John M ^a   Lee, Niikki P Y ^a   Shum, Cathy K ^a   Lam, Brian Y ^a,e   Siu, Annie F M ^b   Che, Chi Ming ^b   Tam, Po Chor ^a   Cheung, Annie N Y ^a   Yang, Z M ^c   Lin, Yi Nan ^d   Matzuk, Martin M ^d   Lee, Kai Fai ^a   Yeung, William S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; CELL MARKER; MESSENGER RNA; PEANUT AGGLUTININ; PROTEIN; PROTEIN AEP1; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME; ADULT; AEP1 GENE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CHROMOSOME 17P; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DOWN REGULATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HAPLOIDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONKEY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SWINE; TESTIS; ZINC FINGER MOTIF;

ACROSOME; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; RATS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ZINC FINGERS;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; MAMMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33750533571     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.20746     Document Type: Article

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