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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Human fertilization"”.
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The Role of Glycoconjugates in Mediating Human Fertilization and Induction of Fetomaternal Tolerance
… mediated by the selectins, potently block human sperm-egg binding. The selectin ligand sialyl Lewis<sup>x</sup> inhibits sperm binding in the HZA by 60% at a concentration of 1 mg/ml. Our data indicates that glycodelin-A, a endometrial glycoprotein known to block sperm-egg binding in the …
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Expression, Isolation and Purification of Human Zona Pellucida Protein 3
<p>Mammalian fertilization involves interactions of sperm surface receptors with the ligands of the zona pellucida, an extracellular matrix surrounding the ovulated oocytes. In humans, the zona pellucida is composed of three major glycoproteins. One of them, ZP3, participates in the primary sperm …
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Organization of Human Sperm Chromosomes During Pronuclei Formation
… of the epigenetic mechanisms participating in fertilization and early embryonic development. Recent studies have demonstrated that chromosomes of human spermatozoa have well-defined spatial organization that includes preferred intranuclear positioning. The hypothesis of this dissertation is …