Sperm from β1,4-galactosyltransferase-null mice are refractory to ZP3-induced acrosome reactions and penetrate the zona pellucida poorly

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 4121-4131

  Lu, Qingxian ^a   Shur, Barry D ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Galactosyltransferase; Mouse; Sperm; Zona pellucida; ZP3

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM IONOPHORE; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOPROTEIN;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; EGG PROTEINS; FEMALE; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; N-ACETYLLACTOSAMINE SYNTHASE; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030728461     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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