Characterization of a membrane-bound angiotensin-converting enzyme isoform in crayfish testis and evidence for its release into the seminal fluid

FEBS Journal

Volumn 276, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 4727-4738

  Simunic, Juraj ^a   Soyez, Daniel ^a   Kamech, Nédia ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzyme; Crayfish; Crustacea; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; RNA;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPUTER MODEL; CRAYFISH; CRUSTACEA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INVERTEBRATE; MAMMAL; MATURATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; CELL MEMBRANE; ISOENZYMES; MALE; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; PROTEIN BINDING; SEMEN; TESTIS; VAS DEFERENS;

ASTACOIDEA; CARCINUS MAENAS; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA PULEX; HOMARUS AMERICANUS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PONTASTACUS LEPTODACTYLUS;

EID: 68849117448     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07169.x     Document Type: Article

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