Nongenomic effects of progesterone on spermatozoa: Mechanisms of signal transduction and clinical implications

Fetal and Pediatric Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 417-431

  Baldi, Elisabetta ^a   Luconi, Michaela ^a   Bonaccorsi, Lorella ^a   Forti, Gianni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

hormone; progesterone; signal transduction; spermatozoa; testis; tyrosiue kinase

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE ION; M PROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID;

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 0032232291     PISSN: 15513815     EISSN: 15513823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15513819809168798     Document Type: Article

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