Mammalian sperm chemotaxis and its association with capacitation

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 87-94

  Eisenbach, Michael ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Capacitation; Chemotaxis; Fertilization; Sperm capacitation; Sperm chemotaxis

Indexed keywords

CHEMOATTRACTANT;

ANIMAL CELL; CHEMOTAXIS; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; THERMOSTABILITY;

ANIMALS; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; CHEMOTAXIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FOLLICULAR FLUID; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; OVUM; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032817345     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1999)25:2<87::AID-DVG2>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Review

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