Molecules on the sperm's route to fertilization

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 285, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 259-266

  Töpfer Petersen, Edda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; EGG PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ZONA PELLUCIDA GLYCOPROTEINS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; UTERINE TUBE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; EGG PROTEINS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; OVUM; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0344199907     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19991015)285:3<259::AID-JEZ9>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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