Functional studies of eppin

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1447-1449

  O'Rand, Michael G ^a   Widgren, Esther E ^a   Hamil, Katherine G ^a   Silva, Erick J ^a   Richardson, Richard T ^a  

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

Author keywords

Contraception; Epididymal protease inhibitor (eppin); Prostate specific antigen (PSA); Semenogelin; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CLUSTERIN; CYSTEINE; EPPIN PROTEIN; LACTOFERRIN; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SEMENOGELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHROMOSOME 20Q; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HAPLORHINI; HUMAN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, MALE; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROTEINASE INHIBITORY PROTEINS, SECRETORY; SEMINAL VESICLE SECRETORY PROTEINS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 80053374123     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0391447     Document Type: Conference Paper

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