Direct evidence for the involvement of carbohydrate sequences in human sperm-zona pellucida binding

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 318-324

  Ozgur, Kemal ^a   Patankar, Manish S ^a   Oehninger, Sergio ^a   Clark, Gary F ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; Glycoconjugates; Hemizona; Sperm zona binding; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GLYCOCONJUGATE; PERIODATE; SIALIDASE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIALYLATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HUMANS; LECTINS; MALE; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PERIODIC ACID; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031982107     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/4.4.318     Document Type: Article

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