Molecular cloning, expression of testicular transcript abundant in germ cells and immunobiological effects of the recombinant protein

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 164-173

  Verma, Saguna ^a   Mohapatra, Bhagyalaxmi ^a   Jagadish, Nirmala ^a   Selvi, Ramasamy ^a   Roy, Pragyan ^a   Rana, Ritu ^a   Lakshmi, Kavitha ^a   Suri, Anil ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

cDNA; Flow cytometry; In situ RNA hybridization; Indirect immunofluorescence; Recombinant protein

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HUMAN SPERM ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELUTION; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GERM CELL; HAMSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOBIOLOGY; IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RABBIT; RNA HYBRIDIZATION; SERUM; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VACCINATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 4344659447     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2004.00188.x     Document Type: Article

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