SLXL1, a novel acrosomal protein, interacts with DKKL1 and is involved in fertilization in mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Zhuang, Xin Jie ^a,b   Hou, Xiao Jun ^b   Liao, Shang Ying ^b   Wang, Xiu Xia ^b   Cooke, Howard J ^c   Zhang, Ming ^a   Han, Chunsheng ^b  

^a GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROSIN; DICKKOPF 1 PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; SLX LIKE 1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SLX LIKE1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SLX-LIKE1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SOGGY PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZONA PELLUCIDA; ACROSOME; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

MUS;

ACROSOME; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; FERTILIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 79958861569     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020866     Document Type: Article

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