Isolation and characterization of a haploid germ cell specific sperm associated antigen 9 (SPAG9) from the baboon

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 186-193

  Shankar, S ^a   Mohapatra, B ^a   Verma, S ^a   Selvi, R ^a   Jagadish, N ^a   Suri, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

cDNA; Immunocontraception; In situ hybridization; Northern blot analysis; Sperm associated antigen; Testis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CONTRACEPTIVE VACCINE; MESSENGER RNA; SPERM ANTIGEN; SPERM ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BABOON; CELL TYPE; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; HAPLOIDY; IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPERM; SPERMATID; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VACCINATION;

ACROSOME; ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE LIBRARY; HAPLOIDY; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PAPIO; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPERMATOZOA;

PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PRIMATES;

EID: 4344717110     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20164     Document Type: Article

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