The molecular basis of sperm capacitation

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 242-248

  Visconti, Pablo E ^a   Galantino Homer, Hannah ^a   Moore, Grace D ^a,c   Bailey, Janice L ^a,d   Ning, Xiaoping ^a,e   Fornes, Miguel ^a,f   Kopf, Gregory S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c ALLEGHENY UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e PFIZER INC   (United States)

^f Instituto de Histologia y Embriologia   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; TYROSINE;

ACROSOME REACTION; CELL MEMBRANE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; MALE; SPERM CAPACITATION;

EID: 0031954799     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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