Recombinant hamster sperm receptors that exhibit species-specific binding to sperm

Zygote

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 229-236

  Litscher, Eveline S ^a   Wassarman, Paul M ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Mammalian fertilisation; Recombinant sperm receptors; Species specificity; Sperm binding; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS GRISEUS; MAMMALIA;

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; EGG PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ZONA PELLUCIDA GLYCOPROTEINS;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANCER STEM CELL; CHEMISTRY; CHO CELL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HAMSTER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; EGG PROTEINS; FEMALE; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR STEM CELLS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0030204014     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199400003142     Document Type: Article

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