A sialoglycoprotein, gp20, of the human capacitated sperm surface is a homologue of the leukocyte CD52 antigen: Analysis of the effect of anti-CD52 monoclonal antibody (CAMPATH-1) on capacitated spermatozoa

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 46-51

  Focarelli, Riccardo ^a   Francavilla, Sandro ^b   Francavilla, Felice ^b   Giovampaola, Cinzia Della ^a   Santucci, Annalisa ^a   Rosati, Floriana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capacitation; CD52; Glycoproteins; Leukocytes; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; CD52 ANTIGEN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; SIALOGLYCOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, NEOPLASM; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GLYCOPROTEINS; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; OOCYTES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIALOGLYCOPROTEINS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

CRICETINAE;

EID: 0032925436     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/5.1.46     Document Type: Article

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