Complement regulatory proteins on the sperm surface: Relevance to sperm motility

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 243-248

  Jiang, Haixiang ^a,b   Pillai, Subbi ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Complement; Sperm antigens; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CD59 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENT; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1S INHIBITOR; DECAY ACCELERATING FACTOR; HUMAN ALBUMIN; MEMBRANE COFACTOR PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 0031905269     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1998.tb00360.x     Document Type: Article

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