Use of microbeads for the detection of binding sites on the human zona pellucida: A scanning electron microscopy (SEM) assay

Andrologia

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 266-271

  Michelmann, H W ^a   Topfer Petersen E ^a   Schwartz, P ^b   Gratz, G ^a   Magerkurth, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Binding sites; Gamete interaction; Lectins; Microbeads; Oligosaccharides; Oocyte; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; CONCANAVALIN A; LECTIN; MANNOSE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LECTIN BINDING; MALE; OOCYTE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPERMATOZOON; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

BINDING SITES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0034773450     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0272.2001.00412.x     Document Type: Article

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