Role of posttranslational protein modifications in epididymal sperm maturation and extracellular quality control

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 759, Issue , 2014, Pages 159-180

  Cornwall, Gail A ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Amyloid; Epididymis; Glycosylation; Luminal fluid; Phosphorylation; Spermatozoa; Transglutaminase; Ubiquitination

Indexed keywords

ADAM PROTEIN; BREAST CANCER RESISTANCE PROTEIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CELL PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYSTATIN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3ALPHA; METHYLTESTOSTERONE; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SPERM ADHESION MOLECULE 1; SPERMATOZOON PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALPHA MANNOSIDASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; BETA MANNOSIDASE; BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; CD59 ANTIGEN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; FERTILIN; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOSIDASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; HUMAN EPIDIDYMIS PROTEIN 4; JANUS KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE FYN; PROTEOME; SIALIDASE; SIALYLTRANSFERASE; STAT PROTEIN;

CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DISULFIDE BOND; EPIDIDYMITIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FERTILIZATION; GLYCOSYLATION; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; EPIDIDYMIS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HUMAN; PH; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTEOMICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UBIQUITINATION;

EID: 84934436898     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: 22148019     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-817-2_8     Document Type: Review

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