Role of phospholipase A2 in mammalian sperm-egg fusion: Development of hamster oolemma fusibility by lysophosphatidylcholine

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 279, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-88

  Riffo, Marta S ^a,c   Párraga, Mario ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HAMSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANE FUSION; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FAB FRAGMENTS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; MALE; MEMBRANE FUSION; OOCYTES; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0030611655     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19970901)279:1<81::AID-JEZ8>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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