Carbohydrate analysis of the zona pellucida and cortical granules of human oocytes by means of ultrastructural cytochemistry

Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1842-1855

  Jiménez Movilla, María ^a   Avilés, Manuel ^a   Gómez Torres, María José ^b   Fernández Colom, Pedro José ^c   Castells, María Teresa ^a   de Juan, Joaquín ^b   Romeu, Alberto ^c   Ballesta, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Cortical granule; Cytochemistry; Oocyte; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CARBOHYDRATE; GLYCOPROTEIN; LECTIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL GRANULE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MALE; OOCYTE CORTEX; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPERM; THICKNESS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 4344656135     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh311     Document Type: Article

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