Rat zona pellucida glycoproteins: Molecular cloning and characterization of the three major components

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 454-467

  Akatsuka, Kazuhiko ^a   Yoshida Komiya, Hiromi ^a   Tulsiani, Daulat Ram P ^b   Orgebin Crist, Marie Claire ^b   Hiroi, Masahiko ^a   Araki, Yoshihiko ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cDNA; Fertilization; Glycoprotein; Rat; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCOPROTEIN; POLYADENYLATED RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FERTILIZATION; HAMSTER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPERM; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRICETINAE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EGG PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0031767912     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199812)51:4<454::AID-MRD13>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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