Early steps of sperm-egg interactions during mammalian fertilization

Cell Biology International

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-39

  Barros, C ^a   Crosby, J A ^a   Moreno, R D ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Acrosin; Acrosome; Egg; Spermatozoon; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

ACROSIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; GLYCOPROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROACROSIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; TRYPSIN INHIBITOR;

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; EGG; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FERTILIZATION; GUINEA PIG; HAMSTER; HYDROLYSIS; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RABBIT; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

CAVIA PORCELLUS; CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0029871955     PISSN: 10656995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cbir.1996.0006     Document Type: Article

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