Partial purification and characterization of a trypsin-like serine protease from bovine sperm

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 311-318

  Cesari, Andreina ^a   Cacciato, Claudio Santiago ^a   De Castro, Rosana Esther ^a   Sánchez, Jorge Julián ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bovine sperm; Bull; Protein purification; Reproduction; Serine protease; Sperm head

Indexed keywords

ACROSIN; AMINO ACID; GLYCOPROTEIN; PROACROSIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; TRYPTASE;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON; ZYMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DIMERIZATION; MALE; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SPERMATOZOA; TRYPSIN;

EID: 5144220013     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2004.00484.x     Document Type: Article

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