Integrins and disintegrins: The candidate molecular players in sperm-egg interaction

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 415-424

  Shrimali, Rajeev K ^a   Reddy, K V R ^a  

^a Institute for Research in Reproduction India   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISINTEGRIN; INTEGRIN;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; HAMSTER; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOUSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; DISINTEGRINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; INTEGRINS; MALE; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE;

EID: 0034039642     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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