Structure of sperm activating protein

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 249-253

  Leijonhufvud, Pär ^a   Åkerlöf, Eva ^a   Pousette, Åke ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Apolipoproteins; Immunoglobulins; Protein complex; Sperm motility; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON;

ANTIBODIES; APOLIPOPROTEIN A-I; BINDING SITES; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 2442423523     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/3.3.249     Document Type: Article

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