The presence of a glycosyl phosphatidylinositol-anchored α-mannosidase in boar sperm

IUBMB Life

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 485-489

  Kuno, Masako ^a   Yonezawa, Naoto ^a   Amari, Shinji ^a   Hayashi, Masayuki ^a   Ono, Yuichiro ^a   Kiss, Laszlo ^b   Sonohara, Kuniharu ^c   Nakano, Minoru ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c Chiba Prefectural Livestock Experiment Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Boar sperm; Glycosidase; GPI anchor; Mammalian fertilization; mannosidase

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALPHA MANNOSIDASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM IONOPHORE; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL ANCHORED ALPHA MANNOSIDASE; OLIGOMER; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; POLIDOCANOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PH; SPERM; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0033799181     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15216540050167016     Document Type: Article

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