Atrial natriuretic peptide induces acrosomal exocytosis of human spermatozoa

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 274, Issue 2 37-2, 1998, Pages

  Rotem, Ronit ^b   Zamir, Nadav ^b   Keynan, Nurit ^b   Barkan, Dalit ^b   Breitbart, Haim ^b   Naor, Zvi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Calcium; Guanosine 3',5' cyclic monophosphate; Protein kinase C

Indexed keywords

8 BROMO CYCLIC GMP; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR ANTAGONIST; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR DERIVATIVE; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; CYCLIC GMP; PROTEIN KINASE C;

ACROSOME; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXOCYTOSIS; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

EID: 0031937481     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1998.274.2.e218     Document Type: Article

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