The fertilization antigen-1 does not have proteolytic/acrosin activity, but its monoclonal antibody inhibits sperm capacitation and acrosome reaction**Supported in part by grant HD 24425 from the National Institutes of Health (to R.K.N.), Bethesda, Maryland.
- 1 August 1992
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Fertility and Sterility
- Vol. 58 (2) , 396-402
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0015-0282(16)55193-0
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