The human is an exception to the evolutionarily-conserved phenomenon of pre-fertilization zona pellucida resistance to proteolysis induced by oviductal fluid

Human Reproduction

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 718-728

  Mondejar I ^a,b   Aviles M ^c   Coy, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b Instituto Murciano de Investigaciones Agrarias   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ectopic pregnancy; fertilization; hardening; oviductal fluid; zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

PRONASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; ENZYME METABOLISM; EWE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GOAT; HAMSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LAGOMORPH; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVIDUCTAL FLUID; PRIMATE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RABBIT; RAT; SWINE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 84874303108     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/des423     Document Type: Article

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