Cytochemical localization of GalNAc and GalNAcβ1,4Galβ1,4 disaccharide in mouse zona pellucida

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 295, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 269-277

  Avilés, Manuel ^a   Castells, María Teresa ^a   Abascal, Irene ^a   Martínez Menárguez, José Angel ^a   Dráber, Peter ^b   Kan, Frederick W K ^c   Ballesta, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cytochemistry; Lectins; Mouse (CD1); Oocyte; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOCHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GOLGI COMPLEX; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; DISACCHARIDES; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; N-ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0033047307     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410051233     Document Type: Article

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