Regulators of sperm function: Composition of the human zona pellucida and modifications following fertilization

Human Reproduction

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1995, Pages 2467-2471

  Moos, Jiri ^a   Faundes, Daniel ^b   Kopf, Gregory S ^a   Schultz, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Human; In vitro fertilization; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OOCYTE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0028876126     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a136325     Document Type: Article

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