Spermatozoa lacking acrosin protein show delayed fertilization

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 370-376

  Adham, I M ^a   Nayernia, K ^a   Engel, W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Institut für Humangenetik   (Germany)

Author keywords

acrosin; fertilization; knock out mice; spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ACROSIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ACROSIN; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; MICE; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031035977     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199703)46:3<370::AID-MRD16>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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