Determination of the steady-state intracellular chloride concentration in capacitated human spermatozoa

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 88-93

  Garcia, Manuel A ^a,b   Meizel, Stanley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Methoxy N ethylquinolonium; N (6 methoxyquinolyl) acetoethyl ester; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; CHLORIDE CHANNEL;

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHLORIDE CONDUCTANCE; CHLORIDE TRANSPORT; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; STEADY STATE;

CHLORIDES; DIGITONIN; HUMANS; MALE; QUINOLINES; QUINOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0033063160     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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