Characterization of the functional domains of boar acrosin involved in nonenzymatic binding to homologous zona pellucida glycoproteins

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 426-434

  Crosby, J A ^a,b   Jones, R ^c   Barros, C ^b   Carvallo, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acrosin; Binding; Gamete interactions; Spermatozoa; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

ACROSIN; ENZYME PRECURSOR; GLYCOPROTEIN;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ACROSIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; DEXTRAN SULFATE; EGG PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SWINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031942285     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199804)49:4<426::AID-MRD10>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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