Biochemical characterization of sperm agglutination antigen-1, a human sperm surface antigen implicated in gamete interactions

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1136-1144

  Diekman, Alan B ^a   Westbrook Case, V Anne ^a   Naaby Hansen, Søren ^a   Klotz, Kenneth L ^a   Flickinger, Charles J ^a   Herr, John C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; GLYCOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; SPERM AGGLUTINATION ANTIGEN 1; SPERM ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMETE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; DETERGENTS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PERIODIC ACID; SEMEN; SPERM AGGLUTINATION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0030729271     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod57.5.1136     Document Type: Article

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