..., heated (95 °C, 5 min) and loaded on to the gels. cauda epididymal plasma clusterin epididymis glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor hydrophobic protein prion protein (PrP) PrP C (cellular PrP, where PrP stands for prion protein) is a glycoprotein of unknown function, highly...

..., secretory leucocyte protease inhibitor, human epididymis gene product 4, eppin, and huWAP2. Nucleotide sequences of full-length transcripts were obtained from cDNA fragments generated by rapid amplification of cDNA ends. Characteristic features of the genes are that the upstream promoter regions are devoid...

... of the extracellular matrix. Northern blot analysis of selected mouse tissues revealed that ADAM28 is expressed highly and in alternatively spliced forms in the epididymis, suggesting a possible role in sperm maturation, and at lower levels in lung. The intracellular maturation of ADAM28 expressed in COS-7 cells...

... function. Key words: epididymis, pituitary gland, reproduction, testis. broadly expressed [11]. Although it is well established by studies in Šitro that the cystatins are cysteine protease inhibitors with specificities against papain-like cysteine proteases such as cathepsins B, S, H and L, the functions...