Interactions between zona pellucida glycoproteins and sperm proacrosin/acrosin during fertilization

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 181-192

  Howes, Liz ^a   Jones, Roy ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Proacrosin; Suramin; ZP2 binding

Indexed keywords

ACROSIN; AMINO ACID; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GLYCOPROTEIN; PROACROSIN; SURAMIN;

ACROSOME; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEMBRANE BINDING; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SWINE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WILD TYPE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ACROSIN; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; EGG PROTEINS; ENZYME PRECURSORS; FEMALE; LIGANDS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SURAMIN;

EID: 0036267547     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0378(01)00101-2     Document Type: Article

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