Localization of egg-surface carbohydrates and fertilization in Discoglossus pictus (Anura)

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 283, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 173-181

  Gualtieri, Roberto ^a   Andreuccetti, Piero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; Discoglossus pictus (Anura); Fertilization; Lectin; Ultracytochemistry

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FUCOIDIN; FUCOSE; GLYCOCONJUGATE;

ACROSOME REACTION; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EGG; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CARBOHYDRATES; FEMALE; FUCOSE; GLYCOCONJUGATES; LECTINS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OOCYTES; POLYSACCHARIDES; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0030033960     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050527     Document Type: Article

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