Lethal and non-lethal responses of spermatozoa from a wide variety of vertebrates and invertebrates to lysenin, a protein from the coelomic fluid of the earthworm Eisenia foetida

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 286, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 538-549

  Kobayashi, Hideshi ^a,c   Sekizawa, Yoshiyuki ^a   Aizu, Masako ^b   Umeda, Masato ^b  

^a ZENYAKU KOGYO CO LTD   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYSENIN; PROTEIN; SPHINGOMYELIN; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; INVERTEBRATE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BODY FLUIDS; INVERTEBRATES; MALE; OLIGOCHAETA; PROTEINS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; SPHINGOMYELINS; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VERTEBRATES;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; EISENIA FETIDA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; PROTISTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034177326     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(20000401)286:5<538::AID-JEZ12>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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