Lethal effects of lysenin, a novel protein isolated from the coelomic fluid of the earthworm Eisenia foetida, on the spermatozoa of the African clawed frog and the mouse

Biomedical Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 399-404

  Ito, Miwako ^a   Abe, Shin Ichi ^a   Sekizawa, Yoshiyuki ^b   Kobayashi, Hideshi ^b  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ZENYAKU KOGYO CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; PROTEIN; SPHINGOMYELIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHWORM; FROG; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LETHALITY; MALE; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; EISENIA FETIDA; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; XENOPUS (GENUS); XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 6844242315     PISSN: 03886107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2220/biomedres.18.399     Document Type: Article

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