Importance of sodium ion to the progesterone-initiated acrosome reaction in human sperm

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 513-520

  Garcia, Manuel A ^a   Meizel, Stanley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BCECF; Bicarbonate; Fura 2; NMDG+; pH(i); Steroid

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE; SODIUM;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL PH; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

ACROSOME; CALCIUM; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; COLORING AGENTS; FURA-2; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IONS; MALE; PROGESTERONE; SODIUM; SPERM CAPACITATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029905744     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199612)45:4<513::AID-MRD14>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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