Glycodelins: Role in regulation of reproduction, potential for contraceptive development and diagnosis of male infertility

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1998, Pages 262-270

  Seppälä, Markku ^a   Koistinen, Hannu ^a   Koistinen, Riitta ^a   Mandelin, Erik ^a   Oehninger, Sergio ^b   Clark, Gary F ^b   Dell, Anne ^c   Morris, Howard R ^c  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contraception; Infertility; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; GLYCOPROTEIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PLACENTA PROTEIN 14;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; OOCYTE; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REPRODUCTION; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPERM;

EID: 0031668368     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.suppl_3.262     Document Type: Conference Paper

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