A role for carbohydrate recognition in mammalian sperm-egg binding

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 450, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1195-1203

  Clark, Gary F ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrosomal exocytosis; Fertilization; Oligosaccharide; Species recognition system; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

ACROSOMAL EXOCYTOSIS; FERTILIZATION; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; SIALYL-LEWIS(X); SPECIES RECOGNITION SYSTEM; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATES; CARRIER PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; POLYSACCHARIDES; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SWINE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 84905903207     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2014.06.051     Document Type: Review

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