Characterization of the binding of recombinant mouse sperm fertilin α subunit to mouse eggs: Evidence for function as a cell adhesion molecule in sperm-egg binding

Developmental Biology

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 94-106

  Evans, Janice P ^a   Schultz, Richard M ^a   Kopf, Gregory S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; FERTILIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031194395     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1997.8612     Document Type: Article

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