Localization and expression of spermadhesin PSP-I/PSP-II subunits in the reproductive organs of the boar

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 408-417

  Garcia E M ^a,b   Vazquez J M ^a   Parrilla, I ^a   Ortega, M D ^a   Calvete, J J ^c   Sanz, L ^c   Martinez E A ^a   Roca, J ^a   Rodriguez Martinez H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bulbourethral gland; Epididymis; PSP I; PSP II seminal vesicles; Testis

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SPERMADHESIN PSP1; SPERMADHESIN PSP2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PRIMER DNA; SEMINAL VESICLE SECRETORY PROTEIN; SEMINAL VESICLE SECRETORY PROTEIN 109, PORCINE; SEMINAL VESICLE SECRETORY PROTEIN II, PORCINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BULBOURETHRAL GLAND; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEMINAL VESICLE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SWINE; TESTIS; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA PRIMERS; GENITALIA, MALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINAL VESICLE SECRETORY PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SWINE;

EID: 49649098031     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2007.00784.x     Document Type: Article

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