Control of human sperm intracellular pH by cholesterol and its relationship to the response of the acrosome to progesterone

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1169-1174

  Cross, Nicholas L ^a   Razy Faulkner, Paulette ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; PROGESTERONE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ALKALINITY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL LEVEL; CELL PH; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; DOSE RESPONSE; HORMONE RESISTANCE; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0030947943     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod56.5.1169     Document Type: Article

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