Distribution of N- and O-linked oligosaccharides on surface of spermatozoa from normal and infertile subjects

Andrologia

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-12

  Purohit, S ^a,b   Laloraya, M ^a   Kumar, P G ^a  

^a RAJIV GANDHI CENTRE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Germ cells; Glycocalyx; Lectin; Male infertility; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; ASPARAGINE LINKED OLIGOSACCHARIDE; CARBOHYDRATE; CONCANAVALIN A; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; LECTIN; PEANUT AGGLUTININ; SOYBEAN AGGLUTININ;

ACROSOME; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILE PERIOD; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GLYCOCALYX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SOYBEAN; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; WHEAT;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL SURVIVAL; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PLANT LECTINS; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 38349014365     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2008.00801.x     Document Type: Article

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