Human epididymis protein-4 (HE-4): a novel cross-class protease inhibitor.

Epididymal proteins represent the factors necessary for maturation of sperm and play a crucial role in sperm maturation. HE-4, an epididymal protein, is a member of whey acidic protein four-disulfide core (WFDC) family with no known function. A WFDC protein has a conserved WFDC domain of 50 amino ac...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nirmal Chhikara, Mayank Saraswat, Anil Kumar Tomar, Sharmistha Dey, Sarman Singh, Savita Yadav
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3489902?pdf=render