Sperm-zona pellucida interaction: Molecular mechanisms and the potential for contraceptive intervention

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Volumn 198, Issue , 2010, Pages 139-178

  Dun, Matthew D ^a,b   Mitchell, Lisa A ^a,b   Aitken, R John ^a,b   Nixon, Brett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capacitation; Fertilization; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1,3 GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; ALPHA MANNOSIDASE; ARYLSULFATASE; BINDING PROTEIN; CALNEXIN; CEREBROSIDE SULFATASE; FERTILIZATION ANTIGEN 1; FUCOSE; GALACTOSE; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GLYCEROLIPID; GLYCOPROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90; LACTADHERIN; MANNOSE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PROACROSIN; SPERM ADHESION MOLECULE 1; SPERM AUTOANTIGENIC PROTEIN 17; SPERMADHESIN; SULFOGALACTOGLYCEROLIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZONA PELLUCIDA BINDING PROTEIN 1; ZONA PELLUCIDA BINDING PROTEIN 2; ZONA PELLUCIDA PROTEIN; ZONA PELLUCIDA RECEPTOR PROTEIN; ZONADHESIN; ANTIGEN; MALE CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ACROSOME REACTION; CELL CONTACT; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SURFACE; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE INFERTILITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FERTILITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 77956930530     PISSN: 01712004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02062-9_9     Document Type: Review

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