HOXBES2: A novel epididymal HOXB2 homeoprotein and its domain-specific association with spermatozoa

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 314-326

  Prabagaran, E ^a   Bandivdekar, A H ^a   Dighe, V ^a   Raghavan, Vijaya P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Gene regulation; Sperm; Sperm maturation; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN HOXB2; PROTEIN HOXBES2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; EMBRYO; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE LOCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACROSOME; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILIZATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACACA RADIATA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

RATTUS;

EID: 33846865079     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.106.053520     Document Type: Article

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