Expression and localization of five members of the testis-specific serine kinase (Tssk) family in mouse and human sperm and testis

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-56

  Li, Yahui ^a   Sosnik, Julian ^a   Brassard, Laura ^a   Reese, Michael ^a   Spiridonov, Nikolay A ^b   Bates, Tonya C ^a   Johnson, Gibbes R ^b   Anguita, Juan ^a   Visconti, Pablo E ^a   Salicioni, Ana M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraception; Signal transduction; Sperm function; Testis specific; Tssk kinases

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN KINASE; TSSK ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GERM CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPERM; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

MUS;

EID: 78650389154     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gaq071     Document Type: Article

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