Gonadotropin-releasing hormone-stimulated sperm binding to the human zona is mediated by a calcium influx

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 635-642

  Morales, P ^a   Pizarro, E ^a   Kong, M ^a   Kerr, B ^a   Ceric, F ^a   Vigil, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Fallopian tubes; Fertilization; GnRH; Sperm capacitation acrosome reaction

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; GONADORELIN;

ACROSOME; ARTICLE; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; UTERINE TUBE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0033874294     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod63.2.635     Document Type: Article

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