Glycosidic residues involved in human sperm-zona pellucida binding in vitro

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 399-404

  Miranda, Patricia V ^a   Gonzalez Echeverría, Fernanda ^a   Marin Briggiler, Clara I ^a   Brandelli, Adriano ^a   Blaquier, Jorge A ^a   Tezón, Jorge G ^a  

^a Universidad Nacional del Litoral   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Fertilization; Human spermatozoa; Sperm zona binding

Indexed keywords

GLYCOCONJUGATE; MONOSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

BINDING SITES; FEMALE; GLYCOCONJUGATES; HUMANS; MALE; MONOSACCHARIDES; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0031133393     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/3.5.399     Document Type: Article

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