Lectins binding on human sperm surface increase membrane permeability and stimulate acrosomal exocytosis

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 651-658

  Lassalle, Bruno ^a   Testart, Jacques ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Capacitation; Lectins; Peanut agglutinin; Receptor aggregation

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GLYCOCONJUGATE; LECTIN; PEANUT AGGLUTININ; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; PROTEIN KINASE C; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ACROSOME; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; EXOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ACROSOME; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONCANAVALIN A; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; GLYCOCONJUGATES; HUMANS; LECTINS; MALE; PEANUT AGGLUTININ; PROPIDIUM; PROTEIN KINASE C; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0030224787     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/2.9.651     Document Type: Article

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