Molecular Modifications of MC31/CE9, a Sperm Surface Molecule, during Sperm Capacitation and the Acrosome Reaction in the Rat: Is MC31/CE9 Required for Fertilization?

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 993-1000

  Saxena, Dinesh K ^a   Toshimori, Kiyotaka ^b,c  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fertilization; In vitro fertilization; Male reproductive tract; Sperm; Sperm maturation

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; GLYCOPEPTIDASE; GLYCOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN MC31; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GLYCOSYLATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RAT; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD147; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BLOOD PROTEINS; CELL AGING; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYTES; RATS; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; STAINING AND LABELING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1642341852     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.021667     Document Type: Article

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