Anti-human proacrosin antibody inhibits the zona pellucida (ZP)-induced acrosome reaction of ZP-bound spermatozoa

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2456-2459

  Veaute, Carolina ^a   Liu, De Yi ^b   Furlong, Laura I ^a   Biancotti, Juan C ^a   Baker, H W G ^b   Vazquez Levin, Mónica H ^a  

^a Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acrosin; Acrosome reaction; Antibodies; Fertilization; Human; Oocyte; Proacrosin; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ACROSIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROACROSIN; PROACROSIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZONA PELLUCIDA GLYCOPROTEIN A; ANTIBODY; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; EGG PROTEIN; ENZYME PRECURSOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; ZONA PELLUCIDA GLYCOPROTEINS;

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SPERMATOZOON; ZONA PELLUCIDA; ANIMAL; CHO CELL; CRICETULUS; DRUG EFFECT; HAMSTER; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACROSIN; ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; EGG PROTEINS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PRECURSORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPERMATOZOA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 77952574030     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.08.040     Document Type: Article

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