Polypeptide backbone derived from carboxyl terminal of mouse ZP3 inhibits sperm-zona binding

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1327-1336

  Li, Ding ^a,b   Cao, Shaofeng ^a,b   Xu, Chen ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b Shanghai Key Laboratory for Reproductive Medicine   (China)

Author keywords

Inhibition; Polypeptide backbone; Sperm zona binding; ZP3

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN ZP3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; EGG PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; ZONA PELLUCIDA GLYCOPROTEINS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPERM; ZONA PELLUCIDA; ANIMAL; BINDING COMPETITION; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; FERTILITY; HEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SPERMATOZOON;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; EGG PROTEINS; FEMALE; HEAT; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 35848965902     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20705     Document Type: Article

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