Sperm-egg interaction at fertilization: Glycans as recognition signals

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 609-618

  Rosati, F ^a   Capone, A ^a   Della Giovampaola, C ^a   Brettoni, C ^a   Focarelli, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Glycoproteins; Oligosaccharide chains; Recognition; Sperm egg interaction

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CD52 ANTIGEN; GLYCAN; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 20; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL POLARITY; EGG; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MALE; MOLLUSCA; OVUM; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0033760808     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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