Anuran and pig egg zona pellucida glycoproteins in fertilization and early development

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 683-701

  Hedrick, Jerry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Block to polyspermy; Fertilization; Pig; Sperm binding; Xenopus laevis; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

GLUCAN SYNTHASE; GLYCOPROTEIN; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; OVIDUCTIN; OVOCHYMASE; PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME REACTION; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL BOND; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; FERTILIZATION; GLYCOPROTEIN SYNTHESIS; HATCHING; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NON COVALENT BOND; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE TRANSPORT; POLYSPERMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SPERM BINDING; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VITELLINE MEMBRANE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; ANURA; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GLYCOPROTEINS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; OVUM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; SUIDAE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 54249091677     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.082580jh     Document Type: Review

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