Increased in vitro binding of fresh and frozen-thawed human sperm exposed to a synthetic peptide

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 655-660

  Amann, Rupert P ^a,e   Shabanowitz, Robert B ^b   Huszar, Gabor ^c   Broder, Stephan J ^d  

^a BioPore Inc   (United States)

^b GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d California Cryobank   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fresh versus frozen semen; Human sperm; Profertility peptide; Sperm egg binding

Indexed keywords

PROSAPOSIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM PRESERVATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CRYOPRESERVATION; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; SAPOSINS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0032874808     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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