Buck (Capra hircus) genes encode new members of the spermadhesin family

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 8-16

  Melo, Luciana Magalhães ^a   Teixeira, Dárcio Îtalo Alves ^b   Havt, Alexandre ^a   Da Cunha, Rodrigo Maranguape Silva ^c   Martins, Danyelly Bruneska Gondim ^d   Castelletti, Carlos Henrique Madeiros ^d   De Souza, Paulo Roberto Eleutério ^d   De Lima Filho, José Luiz ^d   Freitas, Vicente José De Figueirêdo ^b   Cavada, Benildo Sousa ^a   Rádis Baptista, Gandhi ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL VALE DO ACARAÚ   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bodhesin; Buck; Capra hircus; Gene; Seminal vesicle; Spermadhesin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BUCK (MAMMAL); BULBOURETHRAL GLAND; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINAL VESICLE; TESTIS; VAS DEFERENS;

BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE;

EID: 36849006079     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20757     Document Type: Article

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