Bovine sperm binding to oviductal epithelium involves fucose recognition

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1198-1204

  Lefebvre, Réjean ^a   Lo, Margaret C ^a   Suarez, Susan S ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUCOIDIN; FUCOSE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CATTLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; EPITHELIUM CELL; MALE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOCYTE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; LOTUS TETRAGONOLOBUS; TETRAGONOLOBUS; ULEX EUROPAEUS;

EID: 0030999099     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod56.5.1198     Document Type: Article

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