Effect of methyl-β-cyclodextrin on the acrosomal responsiveness of human sperm

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 92-98

  Cross, Nicholas L ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrosome; Acrosome reaction; Capacitation; Cholesterol; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CYCLODEXTRIN DERIVATIVE; PROGESTERONE;

ACROSOME; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHIBITION KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM;

ACROSOME; BETA-CYCLODEXTRINS; CHOLESTEROL; CYCLODEXTRINS; HUMANS; MALE; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0032930441     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199905)53:1<92::AID-MRD11>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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