Sperm protein "DE" mediates gamete fusion through an evolutionarily conserved site of the CRISP family

Developmental Biology

Volumn 297, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 228-237

  Ellerman, Diego A ^a   Cohen, Débora J ^a   Da Ros, Vanina G ^a   Morgenfeld, Mauro M ^a   Busso, Dolores ^a   Cuasnicú, Patricia S ^a  

^a INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

CRISP; Egg; Fertilization; Gamete fusion; Sperm

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CYSTEINE; SECRETORY PROTEIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; EGG; FEMALE; GAMETE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SPERM; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI;

EID: 33748061640     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.05.013     Document Type: Article

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