Novel partners of SPAG11B isoform D in the human male reproductive tract

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 647-656

  Radhakrishnan, Yashwanth ^a   Hamil, Katherine G ^a   Tan, Jiann An ^a   Grossman, Gail ^a   Petrusz, Peter ^a   Hall, Susan H ^a   French, Frank S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attractin; Beta defensin; Epididymis; Gene regulation; Male reproductive tract; Signal transduction; Sperm; Spermatozoa; Tetraspanin; Tryptase

Indexed keywords

ATRN PROTEIN, HUMAN; ISOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; SPAG11B PROTEIN, HUMAN; TPSAB1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRYPTASE; TSPAN7 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; KINETICS; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; METABOLISM; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

ANTIGENS, SURFACE; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; TRYPTASES; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EID: 74049106580     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.077545     Document Type: Article

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