Equatorin: Identification and characterization of the epitope of the MN9 antibody in the mouse

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 889-897

  Yamatoya, Kenji ^a   Yoshida, Keiichi ^a   Ito, Chizuru ^a   Maekawa, Mamiko ^a   Yanagida, Mitsuaki ^b   Takamori, Kenji ^b   Ogawa, Hideoki ^b   Araki, Yoshihiko ^b   Miyado, Kenji ^c   Toyama, Yoshiro ^a   Toshimori, Kiyotaka ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Gamete biology; Gamete interaction; MN9 equatorin; Sperm

Indexed keywords

ACROSIN; EPITOPE; GLYCOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; N,O SIALOGLYCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN EQUATORIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGOLD ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; EPIDIDYMIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

MAMMALIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITOPES; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTIS;

EID: 73349142368     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.077438     Document Type: Article

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