Novel aspects of the sperm-associated antigen 11 (SPAG11) gene organization and expression in cattle (Bos taurus)

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1103-1116

  Avellar, Maria Christina W ^a   Honda, Luciana ^a   Hamil, Katherine G ^b   Radhakrishnan, Yashwanth ^b   Yenugu, Suresh ^b,d   Grossman, Gail ^c   Petrusz, Peter ^c   French, Frank S ^b   Hall, Susan H ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Bovine; Defensin; Epididymis; Gene expression; Gene regulation; Male reproductive tract; SPAG11

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN; CATION; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME 27Q; CHROMOSOME 8P; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; RNA SPLICING; SPAG11 GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CATTLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOPEPTIDES; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

BOS; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; PRIMATES; RODENTIA; SUS;

EID: 34249655108     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.106.059626     Document Type: Article

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