Seminal vesicle protein IV and its derived active peptides: A possible physiological role in seminal clotting

Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-59

  Metafora, Salvatore ^a   Esposito, Carla ^b   Caputo, Ivana ^b   Lepretti, Marilena ^b   Cassese, Diana ^c   Dicitore, Alessandra ^c   Ferranti, Pasquale ^c   Stiuso, Paola ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hemostatic factors; Prostate transglutaminase; Seminal clotting; SV IV protein

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SECRETORY PROTEIN; SEMINAL VESICLE PROTEIN 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BLOOD CLOTTING; CELL PROTECTION; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEMEN; SEMINAL VESICLE SECRETORY PROTEINS; SPERMATOZOA; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 33846617398     PISSN: 00946176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-958462     Document Type: Review

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