Rat membrane cofactor protein (MCP; CD46) is expressed only in the acrosome of developing and mature spermatozoa and mediates binding to immobilized activated C3

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1374-1383

  Mizuno, Masashi ^a   Harris, Claire L ^a   Johnson, Peter M ^b   Morgan, B Paul ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Immunology; Sperm; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; HYBRID PROTEIN; MEMBRANE COFACTOR PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY MM1;

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; STEM CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD46; CELL MEMBRANE; CHO CELLS; COMPLEMENT C3; CRICETINAE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 4544326986     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.030114     Document Type: Article

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