Characterization of human zona pellucida glycoproteins

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 534-540

  Bauskin, Asne R ^a,d   Franken, Daniel R ^b   Eberspaecher, Uwe ^c   Donner, Peter ^c  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Glycosylation; Human zona pellucida; Proteolysis; ZP2; ZP3

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN;

ACROSOME; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POLYPLOIDY; POLYSPERMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; SPERMATOZOON; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ACROSOME REACTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; EGG PROTEINS; EXOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; METAPHASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYTES; PROPHASE; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0033051305     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/5.6.534     Document Type: Article

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