Identification of the sperm-activating factor initiatorin, a prostatic endopeptidase of the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 571-582

  Nagaoka, Sumiharu ^a   Kato, Kumiko ^a   Takata, Yuki ^a   Kamei, Kaeko ^a  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arginine; Bombyx mori; Prostatic gland; Secreted male reproductive gland protein; Sperm activating factor; Trypsin like serine protease

Indexed keywords

INITIATORIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BOMBYX; EJACULATORY DUCT; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; SECRETION (PROCESS); SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; BOMBYX; EJACULATORY DUCTS; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PHENOTYPE; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SPERM MOTILITY;

BOMBYX MORI; BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEPIDOPTERA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 84862609665     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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