SPAG11/isoform HE2C, an atypical anionic β-defensin-like peptide

Peptides

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1223-1233

  Horsten, Hans Henning Von ^a,b   Schäfer, Bettina ^a   Kirchhoff, Christiane ^a  

^a Institut fur Hormon und Fortpflanzungsforschung IHF   (Germany)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Defensin like peptide; Disulfide bonding; Epididymis; Radial diffusion assay

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; ANION; BETA DEFENSIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FURIN; ISOPROTEIN; NITROGEN; PEPTIDE;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING ASSAY; DIFFUSION; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; HUMAN; INSECT CELL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SEMINAL PLASMA; TERMINAL SEQUENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BETA-DEFENSINS; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GLYCOPEPTIDES; HUMANS; MALE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSECTA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 4444383056     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2004.05.016     Document Type: Article

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