Purification and characterization of a motility initiating protein from caprine epididymal plasma

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 254-263

  Jaiswal, Bijay Shankar ^a,c   Das, Kaushik ^a,d   Saha, Sudipta ^a   Dungdung, Sandhya Rekha ^a   Majumder, Gopal C ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^d BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID PROTEIN; ALPHA MANNOSIDASE; CONCANAVALIN A; CYCLIC AMP; GALACTOSE; GLYCOPROTEIN; MANNOSE; MOTILITY INITIATING PROTEIN; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PH; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYCLIC AMP; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EPIDIDYMIS; GLYCOPROTEINS; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; GOATS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MALE; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEMEN; SPERM MOTILITY;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA;

EID: 73949113468     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.21947     Document Type: Article

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