Is vitronectin the velcro that binds the gametes together?

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 859-866

  Fusi, Francesco M ^a   Bernocchi, Nadia ^a   Ferrari, Augusto ^a   Bronson, R A ^b  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Gametes; Vitronectin

Indexed keywords

ARGINYL-GLYCYL-ASPARTIC ACID; ARGINYLGLYCYLASPARTIC ACID; CALCIUM; FIBRONECTIN RECEPTOR; GLYCYL ARGINYL GLYCYL ASPARTYL SERYL PROLINE; GLYCYL-ARGINYL-GLYCYL-ASPARTYL-SERYL-PROLINE; INTEGRIN; OLIGOPEPTIDE; VITRONECTIN; VITRONECTIN RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HAMSTER; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELL ADHESION; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTEGRINS; MALE; OLIGOPEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, FIBRONECTIN; RECEPTORS, VITRONECTIN; SPERM AGGLUTINATION; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; VITRONECTIN;

EID: 0030276115     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/2.11.859     Document Type: Article

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