Recombinant human zona pellucida glycoprotein 3 induces calcium influx and acrosome reaction in human spermatozoa

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 583-589

  Brewis, I A ^a,b   Clayton, R ^a   Barratt, C L R ^b   Hornby, D P J ^a   Moore, H D M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b JESSOP HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Calcium; Human; Spermatozoa; ZP3

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; EGG PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; ZONA PELLUCIDA GLYCOPROTEINS;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHO CELL; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HAMSTER; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; ION TRANSPORT; MALE; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; EGG PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; ION TRANSPORT; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0030202410     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/2.8.583     Document Type: Article

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