Presence of N-cadherin transcripts in mature spermatozoa

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 487-497

  Goodwin, Leslie O ^a   Karabinus, David S ^b   Pergolizzi, Robert G ^a  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Cadherins; RNA extraction from spermatozoa; Sperm oocyte fusion mechanisms

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; TRYPSIN; UVOMORULIN;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION;

CRICETINAE;

EID: 0034043056     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/6.6.487     Document Type: Article

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