Involvement of the calcium-specific protease, calpain, in the fertilizing capacity of human spermatozoa

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 163-168

  Rojas, Francisco J ^a,b,c   Moretti Rojas, Ines ^a,b  

^a Worldwide Medical Corporation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WMED   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium regulation; Calcium dependent proteases; Calpain; Fertilizing capacity; Human spermatozoa; Membrane fusion; Oocyte penetration

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN; CALPASTATIN; ENZYME ANTIBODY; PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERTILIZATION; HAMSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MEMBRANE FUSION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CALPAIN; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0034126115     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.2000.00221.x     Document Type: Article

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