The Parkes Lecture. Zona pellucida glycoprotein mZP3: A versatile player during mammalian fertilization

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 211-216

  Wassarman, Paul M ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; RECEPTOR; SERINE;

ACROSOME REACTION; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; BIRD; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FISH; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; VITELLINE MEMBRANE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0032767716     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1160211     Document Type: Review

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