Human tMDC III: A sperm protein with a potential role in oocyte recognition

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 817-822

  Frayne, Jan ^a   Hurd, Elizabeth A C ^a   Hall, Len ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disintegrin; Fertilization; Integrin; MDC protein; Sperm oocyte binding

Indexed keywords

ADAM 18 PROTEIN; ASPARTIC ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE; DISINTEGRIN; GLUTAMINE; INTEGRIN; MDC III PROTEIN; METALLOPROTEINASE; POLYCLONAL ANTISERUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MACACA; MALE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RODENT; STOP CODON; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ADAM PROTEINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SERA; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYTES; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036713392     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/8.9.817     Document Type: Article

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