Involvement of selectin-like carbohydrate binding specificity in human gamete interaction

Andrologia

Volumn 30, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 269-274

  Oehninger, S ^a   Patankar, M ^a   Scppala, M ^b   Clark, G F ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Selectin ligands; Sperm; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; EPITOPE; GLYCOCONJUGATE;

CELL INTERACTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; OOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0031904772     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.1998.tb01170.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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