Unresolved Issues in Mammalian Fertilization

International Review of Cytology

Volumn 232, Issue , 2003, Pages 129-184

  Olds Clarke, Patricia ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrosome; Capacitation; Hyperactivation; Oocyte; Phosphorylation; Sperm; Sperm metabolism; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CELL PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC GMP; DISINTEGRIN; FERTILIN; GLUCOSE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HEXOKINASE; METALLOPROTEINASE;

ACROSOME; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUSION; CELL INTERACTION; EXOCYTOSIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLAGELLUM; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MAMMAL; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

BOVINAE; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0348147667     PISSN: 00747696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7696(03)32004-2     Document Type: Article

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