The PH-20 protein in cynomolgus macaque spermatozoa: Identification of two different forms exhibiting hyaluronidase activity

Developmental Biology

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 142-153

  Cherr, Gary N ^a   Meyers, Stuart A ^b   Yudin, Ashley I ^b,c   VandeVoort, Catherine A ^b,c   Myles, Diana G ^d   Primakoff, Paul ^d   Overstreet, James W ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIDASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXOCYTOSIS; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0029942745     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0102     Document Type: Article

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