Changes in protamine 1 distribution in human sperm nucleus during in vitro sperm-oocyte interaction: An immunoelectron microscopic study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 123-128

  Colleu, Daniel ^a,b,c   Lescoat, Denise ^a,d   Thomas, Daniel ^a,c   Gouranton, Jean ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b Centre de Procréation Médicalement Assistée La Sagesse

^c CNRS   (France)

^d Laboratoire d'Histologie   (France)

Author keywords

Human sperm; immunoelectron microscopic study; in vitro fertilization; protamine 1; sperm zona pellucida binding

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTAMINE;

ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MALE; OOCYTE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPERM; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0031019830     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)81868-7     Document Type: Article

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