Membrane contact with oviductal epithelium modulates the intracellular calcium concentration of equine spermatozoa in vitro

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 861-869

  Dobrinski, Ina ^a   Smith, T Timothy ^b   Suarez, Susan S ^a   Ball, Barry A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; INDO 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HORSE; MALE; MEMBRANE BINDING; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UTERINE TUBE MUCOSA;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHELATING AGENTS; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; EPITHELIUM; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HORSES; KINETICS; MALE; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM HEAD; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0030897912     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod56.4.861     Document Type: Article

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