The relative contributions of propulsive forces and receptor-ligand binding forces during early contact between spermatozoa and zona pellucida of oocytes

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 294, Issue , 2012, Pages 139-143

  Kozlovsky, Pavel ^a   Gefen, Amit ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cellular biomechanics; Fertilization; Sperm quality; Spermatozoon morphology

Indexed keywords

LIGAND;

BIOMECHANICS; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); LIGAND; MODELING; MORPHOLOGY; SPERM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL CONTACT; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JOHNSON KENDALL ROBERTS MODEL; LIGAND BINDING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; VELOCITY; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ACROSOME REACTION; BIOMECHANICS; EGG PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SPERM HEAD; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 82055185603     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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