Functional processing of fertilin: Evidence for a critical role of proteolysis in sperm maturation and activation

Reviews of Reproduction

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 75-83

  Blobel, Carl R ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

CELL INTERACTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTRACEPTION; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEMBRANE BINDING; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTIS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0034024197     PISSN: 13596004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/ror.0.0050075     Document Type: Review

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