The presence of heparan sulfate in the mammalian oocyte provides a clue to human sperm nuclear decondensation in vivo

Human Reproduction

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1145-1150

  Romanato, M ^a   Julianelli, V ^a   Zappi, M ^a   Calvo, L ^a   Calvo, J C ^a,b  

^a INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Heparan sulfate; Oocyte; Protamine acceptor; Sperm decondensation

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; GLYCOSIDASE; HEPARAN SULFATE; HEPARIN; HEPARIN LYASE; HYALURONIDASE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE 4 SULFATASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OOCYTE; PH MEASUREMENT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; STAINING;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 44449103111     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den028     Document Type: Article

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