Sperm-egg fusion assay in mammals

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 475, Issue , 2008, Pages 335-345

  Inoue, Naokazu ^a   Okabe, Masaru ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Egg; Fertilization; Fusion; Izumo; Sperm

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84934439121     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-250-2_19     Document Type: Article

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