Involvement of sperm proteases in the binding of sperm to the vitelline envelope in Xenopus laevis

Zoological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 80-87

  Kubo, Hideo ^a   Kotani, Masaharu ^a,b   Yamamoto, Yukio ^a   Hazato, Tadahiko ^a,c  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b OHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aminopeptidase B; Sperm protease; Sperm envelope binding; Trypsin; Xenopus sperm

Indexed keywords

4 METHYL COUMARYL 7 AMIDE; 4-METHYL-COUMARYL-7-AMIDE; CALCIMYCIN; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; IONOPHORE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; SPERMATOZOON; VITELLINE MEMBRANE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CALCIMYCIN; COUMARINS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; IONOPHORES; MALE; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; PROTEIN BINDING; SPERMATOZOA; VITELLINE MEMBRANE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

GLYCINE MAX; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 41149111347     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.25.80     Document Type: Article

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