Sperm N-acetylglucosaminidase is involved in primary binding to the zona pellucida

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 557-563

  Zitta, Karina ^a   Wertheimer, Eva V ^a   Miranda, Patricia V ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

N acetylglucosaminidase; Primary binding; Sperm; Zona binding

Indexed keywords

2 ACETAMIDO 2 DEOXY DEXTRO GLUCONO 1,5 LACTONE; ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; CALCIUM ION; ENZYME ANTIBODY; GLUCOSAMINE DERIVATIVE; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; N ACETYL 4 NITROPHENYLGLUCOSAMINIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRONTIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRESERVATION AND STORAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 33750402872     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gal059     Document Type: Article

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