Proteasome fraction of human seminal plasma prevents sperm from becoming acrosomally responsive to the agonist progesterone

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-44

  Cross, N L ^a   Mahasreshti, P ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Capacitation; Cholesterol; Prostate; Sterol

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; STEROL; 2',7' BIS(CARBOXYETHYL) 5(6) CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; 2',7'-BIS(CARBOXYETHYL)-5(6)-CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCEIN DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENT DYE; PROGESTERONE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL FRACTIONATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID TRANSPORT; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MEMBRANE VESICLE; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE METABOLISM; SEMINAL PLASMA; SOLUBILIZATION; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; ACROSOME; CELL ORGANELLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON;

ACROSOME; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANELLES; PROGESTERONE; SEMEN; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0030610318     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01485019708987900     Document Type: Article

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