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Application of a zona pellucida binding assay (ZBA) in the domestic cat...
Magazine article from: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica Hermansson, Ulrika Axner, Eva Holst, Bodil Strom October 1, 2007 700+ words ...laboratory tests, such as the zona pellucida binding assay (ZBA), together...investigate the penetration of the zona pellucida (ZP) and in vitro fertilisation...of sperm fertilising capacity. Zona pellucida binding assays have been used... |
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Zona pellucida glycoprotein-based contraceptive vaccine reviewed.
Newspaper article from: Life Science Weekly September 21, 2004 700+ words ...net) -- Researchers review zona pellucida glycoprotein-based contraceptive...of Reproductive Immunology. "Zona pellucida (ZP) glycoproteins, due to...Reproductive Immunology (Update on zona pellucida glycoproteins based contraceptive... |
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Zonagen Suspends Further Research On Zona Pellucida Contraceptive Vaccine.
Business Wire September 27, 2001 700+ words ...suspended further research on a zona pellucida based contraceptive vaccine following...immunization with a primate recombinant zona pellucida protein. Though contraception...studies, a human recombinant zona pellucida immunocontraceptive vaccine consistently... |
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Zona pellucida micromanipulation not linked to monozygotic twinning.
Magazine article from: Women's Health Weekly October 14, 2004 700+ words ...NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Zona pellucida micromanipulation is not associated...containing monozygotic twins after zona pellucida micromanipulation procedures...twinning is not associated with zona pellucida micromanipulation procedures but... |
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Antibodies against zona pellucida glycoproteins inhibit sperm-egg binding.
Magazine article from: Women's Health Weekly August 7, 2003 700+ words ...Escherichia coli-expressed epitopes of zona pellucida glycoproteins inhibit in vitro...subsequent to immunization with zona pellucida (ZP) glycoproteins, synthetic...encompassing multiple epitopes of zona pellucida glycoproteins to inhibit in vitro... |
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E. coli-expressed zona pellucida glycoproteins have contraceptive properties.
Magazine article from: Women's Health Weekly February 13, 2003 700+ words ...immunocontraceptive potential of zona pellucida (ZP) glycoproteins, recombinant bonnet monkey (Macaca radiata) zona pellucida glycoprotein-1 (r-bmZP1...recombinant non-human primate zona pellucida glycoproteins in homologous animal... |
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Vam6P and SNAP involved in sperm-zona pellucida interactions.
Newspaper article from: Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week August 7, 2004 700+ words ...and SNAP are involved in sperm-zona pellucida interactions. According to a...VAMP and SNAP inhibited sperm zona pellucida interaction, suggesting their...and their involvement in sperm-zona pellucida interactions. Biochem Biophys... |
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A prospective randomized controlled study of the effect of short coincubation...
Magazine article from: Gynecological Endocrinology Dirnfeld, M; Shiloh, H; Bider, D; Harari, E; Et al October 1, 2003 700+ words Key words: ZONA PELLUCIDA, THICKNESS, SHORT EXPOSURE ABSTRACT...conducted to evaluate the thickness of zona pellucida (ZP) after brief or standard exposure...respectively; p < 0.007). Zona pellucida thickness correlated positively with... |
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Effect of in vitro culture of mammalian embryos on the architecture of the zona...
Magazine article from: The Biological Bulletin Silva, Celso P. Silva, Vanessa Kommineni, Karpura Keefe, David October 1, 1997 700+ words The mammalian zona pellucida (zona) is composed of glycoprotein filaments organized in three layers...birefringence (1). Relative to the embryo, filaments of the inner zona are oriented radially, whereas filaments of the outer zona are oriented... |
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A Contraceptive Peptide Vaccine Targeting Sulfated Glycoprotein ZP2 of the...
Newspaper article from: Vaccine Weekly May 3, 1999 700+ words ...Vaccine Targeting Sulfated Glycoprotein ZP2 of the Mouse Zona Pellucida." Biology of Reproduction, April 1999;60(4...a step toward the development of a multi-epitope zona pellucida (ZP) vaccine. Recombinant polypeptides expressed... |
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zona pellucida
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology zona pellucida A layer of glycoprotein that surrounds the plasma membrane of a mammalian egg cell. It develops as a jelly coat around the primary oocyte and is surrounded by the granulosa cells . |
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Fertilization
Book article from: Genetics ...cumulus cells, and the inner layer, the zona pellucida, is comprised of a jellylike coating made...enzymes necessary to break through the zona pellucida. Upon reaching the surface of the zona pellucida, the sperm releases enzymes to break through... |
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Prenatal Development
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence ...membrane of the egg called the zona pellucida. When one sperm successfully binds with the zona pellucida, a series of chemical reactions...morula, still enclosed by the zona pellucida; three days after fertilization... |
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Barry, Martin
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...spermatozoa on the surface of the ovary. The following year Barry reported that he had seen a spermatozoon within the zona pellucida with its head directed toward the interior of the ovum. Barry read a note to the Royal Society on 8 December 1842... |
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Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body ...and the polar body contain an X-sex chromosome. The secondary oocyte and the polar body remain surrounded by the zona pellucida and the cumulus oophorus. Almost immediately after this event the secondary oocyte begins its second meiotic division... |
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