Progesterone triggers a wave of increased free calcium during the human sperm acrosome reaction

Developmental Biology

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-75

  Meizel, Stanley ^a   Turner, Kenneth O ^a   Nuccitelli, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHLORIDE ION; FURA 2; PICROTOXIN; PROGESTERONE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHLORIDE TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031080921     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1997.8477     Document Type: Article

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