The molecular basis of fertilization (Review)
- Authors:
- Katerina Georgadaki
- Nikolas Khoury
- Demetrios A. Spandidos
- Vasilis Zoumpourlis
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Affiliations: Institute of Biology, Medical Chemistry and Biotechnology, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens 116 35, Greece, Laboratory of Clinical Virology, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion 71003, Greece - Published online on: August 31, 2016 https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2016.2723
- Pages: 979-986
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Copyright: © Georgadaki et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.
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