Identification of sperm plasma membrane proteins exhibiting binding affinity for the ascidian egg coat

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 551-561

  Bossi, Thomas ^a   Honegger, Thomas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ascidian cell adhesion; Fertilization; Gamete interaction

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL MEMBRANE; CENTRIFUGATION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; RADIOIODINATION; SPERM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIA MENTULA; ASCIDIACEA; PHALLUSIA MAMMILATA;

EID: 0030931061     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.1997.t01-4-00002.x     Document Type: Article

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