Cytochemical and biochemical evidences for a complex tridimensional structure of the hamster zona pellucida

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 599-609

  Jiménez Movilla, María ^a   Martínez Alonso, Emma ^a   Castells, María Teresa ^a   Izquierdo Rico, María José ^a   Saavedra, María Dolores ^a   Gutiérrez Gallego, Ricardo ^b   Fayrer Hosken, Richard ^c   Ballesta, José ^a   Avilés, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Composition; Cytochemistry; Hamster; Heterogeneity; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

CRICETINAE; RATTUS; RODENTIA; SUIDAE; SUS;

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; EGG PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ZONA PELLUCIDA GLYCOPROTEINS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HAMSTER; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OOCYTE; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWINE; SYRIAN HAMSTER; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; EGG PROTEINS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MESOCRICETUS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; OOCYTES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUS SCROFA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 67149131773     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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