Sperm capacitation and the acrosome reaction

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages 9-19

  Fraser, Lynn R ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Ca2+ channels; Capacitation; Decapacitation factor; Diacylglycerol; Fertilization promoting peptide

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXOCYTOSIS; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MEMBRANE FUSION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031860207     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.suppl_1.9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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