Androgen-dependent expression, gene structure, and molecular evolution of guinea pig caltrin II, a WAP-motif protein

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1583-1590

  Furutani, Yutaka ^a,b   Kato, Akira ^b   Kawai, Ryoji ^b   Fibriani, Azzania ^b   Kojima, Soichi ^a   Hirose, Shigehisa ^b  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Institute of Technology ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcium; Seminal vesicles; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

BASIC PROTEIN; CALTRIN II; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; SEMINAL VESICLE SECRETORY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GUINEA PIG; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMINAL VESICLE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MILK PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEMINAL VESICLE SECRETORY PROTEINS; SEMINAL VESICLES;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; EUKARYOTA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 6344221920     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.028993     Document Type: Article

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