Molecular mechanisms regulating human sperm function

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 169-173

  John Aitken, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ACROSOME; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

ACROSOME; CYCLIC AMP; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NADP; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0031090408     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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