A.-P. Alves

Sulfated Polysaccharides from the Egg Jelly Layer Are Species-specific Inducers of Acrosomal Reaction in Sperms of Sea Urchins

A.-P. Alves, Barbara Mulloy, José A. Diniz et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1997 · 176 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +15

Sulfated fucans from echinoderms have a regular tetrasaccharide repeating unit defined by specific patterns of sulfation at the 0-2 and 0-4 positions.

Barbara Mulloy, Ana-Cristina Ribeiro, A.-P. Alves et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1994 · 175 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Glycobiology +16

Structure of the sulfated  -L-fucan from the egg jelly coat of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus franciscanus: patterns of preferential 2-O- and 4-O-sulfation determine sperm cell recognition

Ana Cristina E. S. Vilela-Silva, A.-P. Alves, Ana Paula Valente et al. · Glycobiology · 1999 · 107 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Cell Biology +16

Females of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus differ in the structures of their egg jelly sulfated fucans

A.-P. Alves, Barbara Mulloy, Gary W. Moy et al. · Glycobiology · 1998 · 83 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Marine Biology, Marine Sciences +13