Biochemical characterization of the PH-20 protein on the plasma membrane and inner acrosomal membrane of cynomolgus macaque spermatozoa

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 356-366

  Li, Ming Wen ^a,b   Cherr, Gary N ^c,d   Yudin, Ashley I ^a,b   Overstreet, James W ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Hyaluronidase; Macaque sperm; PH 20

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIDASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PH; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPERMATOZOON;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HYALURONIC ACID; HYALURONOGLUCOSAMINIDASE; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM HEAD; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; MACACA;

EID: 0030845830     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199711)48:3<356::AID-MRD9>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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