Mammalian sperm-egg recognition: Does fertilin β have a major role to play?

BioEssays

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 183-187

  Frayne, Jan ^a   Hall, Len ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAM PROTEIN; FERTILIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METALLOPROTEINASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETICS; GERM CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION; MALE; MAMMAL; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ADAM PROTEINS; ANIMALS; CONTRACEPTION, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMALS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0033103685     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199903)21:3<183::AID-BIES1>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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