Cathepsin A protein from the accessory sex gland of the Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) plays a key role in spermatophore digestion

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 953-960

  Wang, Juan ^a   Fang, Di An ^b   Wang, Yang ^a   Wang, Yuan Li ^a   Cheng, Lin ^a   He, Lin ^a   Wang, Qun ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Accessory sex gland secretory proteins; Cathepsin A; Eriocheir sinensis; Protein purification

Indexed keywords

CRAB; DIGESTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PROTEIN; PURIFICATION; SECRETION; SPERMATOPHORE; SULFATE;

CARBOXYPEPTIDASE C;

ACCESSORY SEX GLAND SECRETORY PROTEINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ERIOCHEIR SINENSIS; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SPERMATOGONIUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACCESSORY SEX GLAND SECRETORY PROTEINS; CATHEPSIN A; ERIOCHEIR SINENSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATHEPSIN A; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SPERMATOGONIA;

EID: 84881262980     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2013.07.003     Document Type: Article

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