Sperm interaction with fallopian tube apical membrane enhances sperm motility and delays capacitation

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 351-357

  Murray, Shona C ^a   Smith, T Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacitation; CTC assay; Fallopian tube; Membrane isolation; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME REACTION; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UTERINE TUBE; UTERINE TUBE MUCOSA;

EID: 0030841980     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)81528-2     Document Type: Article

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