In vitro fertilization: Increased VLA (very late antigen) integrins and fibronectin after acrosome reaction

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 177-185

  Glander, H J ^a   Schaller, J ^b   Weber, W ^a   Alexander, H ^a   Haake, K W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b St Barbara Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

fertilizing capability; human spermatozoa; in vitro fertilization; integrins; matrix proteins

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; INTEGRIN;

ACROSOME; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

EID: 79961199730     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01485019608987094     Document Type: Article

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