Sperm adhesion molecules: Structure and function

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 168, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 82-92

  Jansen, Stephan ^a   Ekhlasi Hundrieser, Mahnaz ^b   Töpfer Petersen, Edda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adhesion molecules; Gamete binding; Structure function relationship

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

CELL ADHESION; CELL FUSION; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERM; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0035211420     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016809     Document Type: Review

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