Andrology lab corner: Attributes of fertile spermatozoa: An update

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 463-473

  De Jonge, Christopher ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Reproductive Medicine Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; ION CHANNEL;

ACROSOME REACTION; AGENESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CENTROSOME; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DNA PACKAGING; FERTILIZATION; GENE DELETION; GENOME IMPRINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMINAL PLASMA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VAS DEFERENS; CELL NUCLEUS; FERTILITY; GENOME; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FERTILITY; GENOME; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MALE; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0033163092     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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