Proacrosin and acrosin determination during capacitation and acrosome reaction in rabbit spermatozoa

Biocell

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 133-142

  Sillerico, T ^a   Valdivia, M ^a   De Ioannes, A ^a   Barros, C ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Acrosin; Acrosome; Proacrosin; Rabbit; Spermatozoon

Indexed keywords

ACROSIN; ENZYME PRECURSOR; PROACROSIN;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; KINETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

ACROSIN; ACROSOME; ANIMALS; ENZYME PRECURSORS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KINETICS; MALE; RABBITS; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0030202506     PISSN: 03279545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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