Increase of human spermatozoa intracellular Ca2+ concentration after fusion with prostasomes

Cell Calcium

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 291-296

  Palmerini, C A ^a   Carlini, E ^a   Nicolucci, A ^a   Arienti, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b Ist di Biochimica e Chimica Medica   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; FURA 2; SPHINGOMYELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ION EXCHANGE; MALE; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; SPERMATOZOON; TIME;

EID: 0033117738     PISSN: 01434160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/ceca.1999.0031     Document Type: Article

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