Clusterin in the male reproductive tract

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 508-

  Tenniswood, Martin ^a   Wang, Zhengqi ^a   Lakins, Johnathon ^b   Morrissey, Colm ^a,c   O'Sullivan, Jacintha ^a,c   Tang, Hailun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERIN;

EPIDIDYMIS; HUMAN; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEMINAL VESICLE; SHORT SURVEY; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CLUSTERIN; GENITALIA, MALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES;

EID: 3643140675     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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