Do fertilin β and cyritestin play a major role in mammalian sperm-oolemma interactions? A critical re-evaluation of the use of peptide mimics in identifying specific oocyte recognition proteins

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 313-317

  McLaughlin, Eileen A ^a   Frayne, Jan ^a   Bloomerg, Graham ^a   Hall, Len ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ADAM protein; Disintegrin; Integrin; IVF; MDC protein; Sperm oocyte binding

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGINYLGLYCYLASPARTIC ACID; CYRITESTIN; CYSTEINE; DISINTEGRIN; FERTILIN; INTEGRIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; TRIPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HYDROPHOBICITY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SPERM; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ADAM PROTEINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMALS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYTES; PEPTIDES; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0035070684     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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