Carbohydrate binding activity in human spermatozoa: Localization, specificity, and involvement in sperm-egg fusion

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 543-553

  Gabriele, A ^a   D'Andrea, G ^a   Cordeschi, G ^a   Properzi, G ^a   Giammatteo, M ^a   De Stefano, C ^b   Romano, R ^a   Francavilla, F ^a   Francavilla, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b Centre for Reproductive Medicine   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate binding activity; Gamete recognition; Sperm egg fusion; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; ALBUMIN; BINDING PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; MANNOSE; POLYSACCHARIDE; RHODAMINE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HAMSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARRIER PROTEINS; CRICETINAE; EGG PROTEINS; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENT DYES; FUCOSE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LECTINS; LECTINS, C-TYPE; MALE; MANNOSE; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTINS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OOCYTES; PLANT LECTINS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SERUM ALBUMIN; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM HEAD; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SULFURIC ACID ESTERS;

EID: 0031798431     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/4.6.543     Document Type: Article

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