Identification and characterization of functional nongenomic progesterone receptors on human sperm membrane

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 877-885

  Luconi, Michaela ^a   Bonaccorsi, Lorella ^a   Maggi, Mario ^a   Pecchioli, Paola ^a   Krausz, Csilla ^a   Forti, Gianni ^a   Baldi, Elisabetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; SPERMATOZOON;

ACROSOME; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CALCIUM; CELL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; STEROIDS;

EID: 0031732318     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.83.3.877     Document Type: Article

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