Mechanisms of fertilization elucidated by gene-manipulated animals

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 646-652

  Okabe, Masaru ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE DISRUPTION; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; GENETICS; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 84973442895     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1008-682X.153299     Document Type: Conference Paper

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