Induction of the human sperm acrosome reaction with mannose-containing neoglycoprotein ligands

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 827-837

  Benoff, Susan ^a,b   Hurley, Ian R ^a   Mandel, Francine S ^b   Cooper, George W ^a   Hershlag, Avner ^a  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Induced acrosome loss; Mannose receptor aggregation; Monosaccharides; Sperm oocyte binding; Zona pellucida oligosaccharides

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

GLYCOPROTEIN; LIGAND; MANNOSE;

ACROSOME; ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; EXOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SPERMATOZOON;

ACROSOME; ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; EXOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LIGANDS; MALE; MANNOSE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0031241776     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/3.10.827     Document Type: Article

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