Biological activity of recombinant human ZP3 produced in vitro: Potential for a sperm function test

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 911-919

  Whitmarsh, A J ^a,c   Woolnough, M J ^b   Moore, H D M ^a,b   Hornby, D P ^a   Barratt, C L R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b JESSOP HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Spermatozoa; Zona; Zona binding; ZP3

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EGG PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; ZONA PELLUCIDA GLYCOPROTEINS;

ACROSOME; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SPERMATOZOON;

ACROSOME; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EGG PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPERMATOZOA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030321026     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/2.12.911     Document Type: Article

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