Calpain and calpastatin are located between the plasma membrane and outer acrosomal membrane of cynomolgus macaque spermatozoa

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 721-729

  Yudin, Ashley I ^a   Goldberg, Erwin ^b   Robertson, Kathryn R ^a   Overstreet, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Calcium; Capacitation; Sperm

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN; CALPASTATIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; MACACA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CALPAIN; CELL MEMBRANE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; SPERMATOZOA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033822090     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1939-4640.2000.tb02140.x     Document Type: Article

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