Immunofluorescent evidence of the platelet-activating factor receptor on human spermatozoa

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 941-942

  Reinhardt, Jeff C ^a   Cui, Xiaoying ^a   Roudebush, William E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Human spermatozoa; Immunofluorescence; Platelet activating factor; Receptor

Indexed keywords

THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON TAIL;

FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MALE; PLATELET ACTIVATING FACTOR; PLATELET MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SPERM HEAD; SPERM TAIL; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0033005280     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(99)00096-5     Document Type: Article

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