Measurement of vitronectin content of human spermatozoa and vitronectin concentration within seminal fluid

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 709-713

  Bronson, Richard A ^a   Preissner, Klaus T ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Haemostasis Research Unit   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Fertilization; Integrins; Vitronectin

Indexed keywords

VITRONECTIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; MALE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SEMEN; SPERMATOZOA; VITRONECTIN;

EID: 0030708506     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)00312-9     Document Type: Article

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