Human sperm-zona interaction. Investigations into the molecular basis of human sperm-egg interactions: What's next?

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 925-928

  Benoff, Susan ^a,b  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON; ANIMAL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MALE; OOCYTES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0032178010     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/4.10.925     Document Type: Review

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