Determination of the intracellular dissociation constant, K(D), of the fluo-3 · Ca2+ complex in mouse sperm for use in estimating intracellular Ca2+ concentrations

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 418-428

  Rockwell, Pamela L ^a   Storey, Bayard T ^a  

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

Author keywords

EGTA titration; Gramicidin D; Intracellular extracellular Ca2+ equilibration; Ionomycin; Nigericin

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL PH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; FLUORESCENCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANILINE COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA; EGTAZIC ACID; KINETICS; MALE; MICE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OCTOXYNOL; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPERMATOZOA; XANTHENES;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032735262     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199912)54:4<418::AID-MRD13>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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