Fertilization promoting peptide, a tripeptide similar to thyrotrophin-releasing hormone, stimulates the capacitation and fertilizing ability of human spermatozoa in vitro

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 830-836

  Green, C M ^a,b   Cockle, S M ^c   Watson, P F ^b   Fraser, L R ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capacitation; Chlortetracycline; Fertilization promoting peptide; Hamster oocyte penetration test; TRH

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZATION PROMOTING PEPTIDE; PROGESTERONE; PROTIRELIN; TRIPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION;

CRICETINAE;

EID: 0029916661     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019262     Document Type: Article

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