Molecular mechanism of epididymal protease inhibitor modulating the liquefaction of human semen
- 1 September 2008
- journal article
- Published by Medknow in Asian Journal of Andrology
- Vol. 10 (5), 770-775
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-7262.2008.00393.x
Abstract
To study the molecular mechanism of epididymal protease inhibitor (Eppin) modulating the process of prostate specific antigen (PSA) digesting semenogelin (Sg).Keywords
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