Mammalian fertilization: A carbohydrate-mediated event

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 487-494

  Tulsiani, Daulat R P ^a   Yoshida Komiya, Hiromi ^b   Araki, Yoshihiko ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; GLYCOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR;

ACROSOME; CELL ADHESION; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SHORT SURVEY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; EGG PROTEINS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030872253     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod57.3.487     Document Type: Short Survey

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