Cross-fertilization and structural comparison of egg extracellular matrix glycoproteins from Xenopus laevis and Xenopus tropicalis

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 343-352

  Lindsay, L L ^a   Peavy, T R ^a   Lejano, R S ^a   Hedrick, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg extracellular matrix; Fertilization; Xenopus laevis; Xenopus tropicalis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EGG PROTEIN; ENVELOPE PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN ZPA; GLYCOPROTEIN ZPAX; GLYCOPROTEIN ZPB; GLYCOPROTEIN ZPC; GLYCOPROTEIN ZPD; LECTIN; SCLEROPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS FERTILIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EGG; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MACROMOLECULE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYSPERMY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPERM; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

AMPHIBIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 0141456135     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(03)00169-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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