Complement-binding proteins are strongly expressed by human preimplantation blastocysts and cumulus cells as well as gametes

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 52-59

  Taylor, Clare T ^a   Johnson, Peter M ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blastocysts; CD46(membrane cofactor protein); CD55(decay accelerating factor); CD59; Cumulus cells

Indexed keywords

CD46 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CD59 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3D RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENT RECEPTOR; DECAY ACCELERATING FACTOR; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE COFACTOR PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ACROSOME; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLASTOCYST; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON;

ACROSOME; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD46; ANTIGENS, CD55; ANTIGENS, CD59; BLASTOCYST; FEMALE; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; OOCYTES; RECEPTORS, COMPLEMENT; RECEPTORS, COMPLEMENT 3D; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0029677706     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/2.1.52     Document Type: Article

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