Presence and tyrosine phosphorylation of c-met receptor in human sperm

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 640-647

  Herness, Elizabeth A ^a   Naz, Rajesh K ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Fertilization; Infertility; Scatter factor hepatocyte growth factor; Testis

Indexed keywords

ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; SCATTER FACTOR;

ACROSOME; ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTO ONCOGENE; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MET; SPERMATOZOA; TYROSINE;

EID: 0032876374     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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