A simple method for assessment of the human acrosome reaction of spermatozoa bound to the zona pellucida: Lack of relationship with ionophore A23187-induced acrosome reaction

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 551-557

  Liu, De Yi ^a   Baker, H W Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calcium ionophore; Human acrosome reaction; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; CALCIMYCIN; FLUORESCEIN;

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; OOCYTE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0029983096     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/HUMREP/11.3.551     Document Type: Article

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