The molecules of mammalian fertilization

Cell

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 629-637

  Snell, William J ^a   White, Judith M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME REACTION; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029896017     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81230-1     Document Type: Review

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