Defining oligosaccharide specificity for initial sperm-zona pellucida adhesion in the mouse

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 535-546

  Thaler, Catherine D ^a   Cardullo, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Cell adhesion molecules; Fertilization; Fucosyltransferase; Galactosyltransferase; Gamete interactions; Sperm ZP binding; ZP3 receptor

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029856512     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199612)45:4<535::AID-MRD16>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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