Carbohydrate-based interactions on the route of a spermatozoon to fertilization

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 314-329

  Töpfer Petersen, Edda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gamete recognition; Oviduct; Spermatozoa; Zona pellucida; Zona pellucida binding proteins

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE;

ACROSOME; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; OOCYTE; OVIDUCT; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATES; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 2442754050     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/5.4.314     Document Type: Conference Paper

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