Fertilin β peptides inhibit sperm binding to zona-free eggs in a homologous baboon in vitro fertilization system

Contraception

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-135

  Mwethera, Peter Gichuhi ^a   Makokha, Alloys ^a   Chai, Daniel ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Baboon in vitro fertilization system; Fertilin ; Inhibition

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN FERTILIN B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BABOON; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON;

ADAM PROTEINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVUM; PAPIO; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0033056297     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-7824(99)00007-4     Document Type: Article

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