Sperm-activating proteins obtained from the herring eggs

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 199-202

  Ohtake, H ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cDNA cloning; Clupea pallasii; Herring sperm activating protein (HSAP); Herring spermatozoa; Immobilized pH gradient isoelectric focusing (IGP IEF); In situ hybridization; Mass spectrometry; Northern blot hybridization; Sperm motility; The Pacific herring

Indexed keywords

ACROSIN; APROTININ; CALCIUM ION; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; SPERM ACTIVATING PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; DEPOLARIZATION; DNA LIBRARY; GEL FILTRATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PACIFIC HERRING; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPAWNING; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

CLUPEA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEA PALLASI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 8844266806     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:FISH.0000030527.87437.05     Document Type: Article

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