Sperm-egg fusion: Events at the plasma membrane

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 117, Issue 26, 2004, Pages 6269-6274

  Stein, Kathryn K ^a,b   Primakoff, Paul ^a   Myles, Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cell fusion; Egg; Fertilization; Membrane fusion; Sperm

Indexed keywords

CD81 ANTIGEN; CD9 ANTIGEN; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; FERTILIN; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; INTEGRIN; MEMBRANE LIPID; TETRASPANIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUSION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE; CELL VACUOLE; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; MEMBRANE FUSION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOON; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; CELL MEMBRANE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; OVUM; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 13444282238     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.01598     Document Type: Article

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