Hyaluronic acid enhances the zona pellucida-induced acrosome reaction of macaque sperm

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-5

  VandeVoort, Catherine A ^a,c   Cherr, Gary N ^b   Overstreet, James W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

capacitation; fertilization; Macaca fascicularis; semen

Indexed keywords

BUCLADESINE; CAFFEINE; HYALURONIC ACID;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HYALURONIC ACID; MACACA; MALE; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0031050416     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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