Acrosome-intact boar spermatozoa initiate binding to the homologous zona pellucida in vitro

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 430-438

  Fazeli, Alireza ^a   Hage, Willem J ^b   Cheng, Feng Pang ^a   Voorhout, Wim F ^a   Marks, Abraham ^a   Bevers, Mart M ^a   Colenbrander, Ben ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b HUBRECHT INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FERTILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; SWINE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENT DYES; LECTINS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PEANUT AGGLUTININ; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; MAMMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0031044511     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod56.2.430     Document Type: Article

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