Human t-complex protein 11 (TCP11), a testis-specific gene product, is a potential determinant of the sperm morphology

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 224, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 111-117

  Liu, Yanyan ^a   Jiang, Min ^b   Li, ChaoS ^a   Yang, Ping ^a   Sun, Huaqin ^a   Tao, Dachang ^a   Zhang, Sizhong ^a   Ma, Yongxin ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coiled sperm; Leucine zipper; Outer dense fiber 1; TCP11; Testis

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER DENSE FIBER 1 PROTEIN; T COMPLEX PROTEIN 11; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBRYO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MARKER GENE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; T COMPLEX PROTEIN 11 GENE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SPERM TAIL; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 79957627782     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.224.111     Document Type: Article

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