Progesterone stimulates p42 extracellular signal-regulated kinase (p42(erk)) in human spermatozoa

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 251-258

  Luconi, M ^a   Krausz, C ^a   Barni, T ^a   Vannelli, G B ^a   Forti, G ^a   Baldi, E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Dipto di Fisiopatologia Clinica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Erk; Progesterone; Spermatozoa; Tyrosine phosphorytation

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FERTILIZATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

ACROSOME; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CALCIMYCIN; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; IONOPHORES; MALE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; PEANUT AGGLUTININ; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROGESTERONE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOA; TYROSINE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031942980     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/4.3.251     Document Type: Article

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