The PH-20 protein in human spermatozoa

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 151-158

  Sabeur, Khalida ^a   Cherr, Gary N ^b   Yudin, Ashley I ^a   Primakoff, Paul ^a   Li, Ming Wen ^a   Overstreet, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

Author keywords

acrosome reaction; capacitation; fertilization; hyaluronidase; Sperm

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; HYALURONIC ACID; HYALURONIDASE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

ACROSOME; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYALURONOGLUCOSAMINIDASE; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0030974254     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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