Crypticity and functional distribution of the membrane associated α-L-fucosidase of human sperm

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 758-766

  Venditti, Jennifer J ^a   Donigan, Katherine A ^a   Bean, Barry S ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrosome; DFJ; Equatorial segment; Fertilization; Fucose; Gamete

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LEVO FUCOSIDASE; FUCOSE; GLYCOCONJUGATE; ISOENZYME;

ACROSOME REACTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME STABILITY; FERTILIZATION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GAMETE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

ACROSOME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA-L-FUCOSIDASE; BINDING SITES; CELL MEMBRANE; FUCOSE; HUMANS; MALE; PROTEIN BINDING; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34247554811     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20666     Document Type: Article

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