Structural properties of semenogelin I

FEBS Journal

Volumn 274, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 4503-4510

  Malm, Johan ^a   Jonsson, Magnus ^a,b   Frohm, Birgitta ^a   Linse, Sara ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fertility; Semen; Semenogelin; Structure; Zinc

Indexed keywords

SEMENOGELIN I; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC ION;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GEL; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

HUMANS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEMINAL VESICLE SECRETORY PROTEINS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548131166     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.05979.x     Document Type: Article

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