Stimulation of human sperm during capacitation in vitro by an adenosine agonist with specificity for A2 receptors

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1405-1411

  Fénichel, Patrick ^a   Gharib, Abdallah ^b   Emiliozzi, Clélia ^a   Donzeau, Michèle ^a   Ménézo, Yves ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b Lab de Physiol de l'Environnement   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE 5' (N ETHYLCARBOXAMIDE); ADENOSINE A2 RECEPTOR; ADENOSINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ACROSOME; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 0029936446     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod54.6.1405     Document Type: Article

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