Zona pellucida as physiological trigger for the induction of acrosome reaction

Andrologia

Volumn 30, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 275-280

  Henkel, R ^a   Franken, D R ^b   Habenicht, U F ^c  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Human; Kinetics; Spermatozoa; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME REACTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0031905036     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.1998.tb01171.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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