Human tubal secretion can modify the affinity of human spermatozoa for the zona pellucida

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 407-413

  Munuce, María José ^a,b   Serravalle, Analía ^a   Caille, Adriana M ^a   Zumoffen, Carlos ^a   Botti, Gustavo ^b   Cabada, Marcelo ^c   Ghersevich, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b School of Medicine   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

acrosome reaction; d mannose binding site; human oviduct; Human spermatozoa; proteins; zona pellucida binding

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE; MANNOSE; TISSUE CULTURE MEDIUM;

ACROSOME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVIDUCT; PEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPERM; SPERM DONOR; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; TISSUE CULTURE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ADULT; BINDING SITES; CELL SURVIVAL; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; DNA DAMAGE; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR FLUID; HUMANS; MALE; MANNOSE; MIDDLE AGED; SPERMATOZOA; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 59449099965     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.11.077     Document Type: Article

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