Cellular mechanisms regulating sperm-zona pellucida interaction

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 88-96

  Reid, Andrew T ^a   Redgrove, Kate ^a   Aitken, R John ^a   Nixon, Brett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

capacitation; fertilization; spermatozoa; spermzona pellucida interaction

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1,3 GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; CHAPERONE; CHOLESTEROL; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

CELL DIVISION; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; LIPID RAFT; MALE INFERTILITY; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM MATURATION; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 78650971728     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2010.74     Document Type: Review

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