Protein tyrosine phosphorylation is associated with capacitation of human sperm in vitro but is not sufficient for its completion

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 674-679

  Emiliozzi, Clelia ^a   Fenichel, Patrick ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; EXOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SEMINAL PLASMA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

ACROSOME; ALBUMINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALCIUM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; PROTEIN-TYROSINE-PHOSPHATASE; PROTEINS; SEMEN; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031049625     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod56.3.674     Document Type: Article

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