Xenopus tropicalis allurin: Expression, purification, and characterization of a sperm chemoattractant that exhibits cross-species activity

Developmental Biology

Volumn 316, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 408-416

  Burnett, Lindsey A ^a   Boyles, Serenity ^a   Spencer, Christopher ^a   Bieber, Allan L ^a   Chandler, Douglas E ^a  

^a Arizona State University Main Campus   (United States)

Author keywords

Crisp A gene; CRISP proteins; Egg jelly; Fertilization; Sperm chemotaxis

Indexed keywords

ALLURIN; CHEMOATTRACTANT; PROTEIN CRISP; PROTEIN CRISP 2; PROTEIN CRISP 3; PROTEIN CRISP LD1; PROTEIN CRISP LD2; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTIS CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING; XENOPUS; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 41149164575     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.01.046     Document Type: Article

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