Expression of CD15 (Lewis(x)) antigen on human sperm and its role in sperm-egg interaction

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 172-183

  D'Cruz, Osmond J ^b   Lambert, Hovey ^a   Haas Jr , Gilbert G ^c  

^a Astarte Fertility Center   (United States)

^b PARKER HUGHES INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; CD15; CD46; Flow cytometry; Human sperm; Oocytes

Indexed keywords

CALCIMYCIN; CD15 ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE COFACTOR PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; FUCOSE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GAMETE; HAMSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA; ACROSOME; ANIMAL; BINDING COMPETITION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; FERTILITY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACROSOME; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD15; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; FUCOSE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYSACCHARIDES; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0030610021     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1997.tb00209.x     Document Type: Article

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