Structure and function of the mammalian egg zona pellucida

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 285, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 251-258

  Wassarman, Paul ^a   Chen, Jie ^a   Cohen, Natalie ^a   Litscher, Eveline ^a   Liu, Chengyu ^a   Qi, Huayu ^a   Williams, Zev ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; EGG PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ZONA PELLUCIDA GLYCOPROTEINS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EGG PROTEINS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SPERMATOZOA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0033569976     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19991015)285:3<251::AID-JEZ8>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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