The mouse sperm glycine receptor/chloride channel: Cellular localization and involvement in the acrosome reaction initiated by glycine

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 99-106

  Sato, Yoko ^a   Son, Jung Ho ^a   Meizel, Stanley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacitation; Fertilization; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

BETA ALANINE; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; TAURINE;

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GLYCINE; MALE; MICE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; SPERMATOZOA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033957674     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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