Decreased in vitro fertilization efficiencies in the presence of specific cyritestin peptides

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 243-247

  Linder, Britta ^a   Heinlein, Uwe A O ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

disintegrin; integrins; metalloproteinase; mouse testis; spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

DISINTEGRIN; INTEGRIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RECEPTOR BINDING; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; TESTIS;

EID: 0030981901     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.1997.t01-1-00013.x     Document Type: Article

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