Bull sperm binding to oviductal epithelium is mediated by a Ca2+- dependent lectin on sperm that recognizes Lewis-a trisaccharide

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-44

  Suarez, Susan S ^a   Revah, Irma ^a   Lo, Margaret ^a   Kölle, Sabine ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CALCIUM ION; EGTAZIC ACID; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; FUCOIDIN; FUCOSE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOLIPID; GLYCOPROTEIN; LECTIN; MANNOSE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; POLYACRYLAMIDE; SIALIC ACID; TRISACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGAND BINDING; MALE; MEMBRANE BINDING; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; UTERINE TUBE MUCOSA; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; EGTAZIC ACID; EPITHELIUM; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FUCOSE; LECTINS; LEWIS BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SPERMATOZOA; TRISACCHARIDES;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0031775881     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod59.1.39     Document Type: Article

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