Cracking the egg: Increased complexity in the zona pellucida

Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1148-1152

  Conner, S J ^a,b   Lefievre L ^a,b   Hughes, D C ^c   Barratt, C L R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Human; Zona pellucida; ZP1; ZPB

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 20344372880     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh835     Document Type: Article

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