SNAREs in mammalian sperm: Possible implications for fertilization

Developmental Biology

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 54-69

  Ramalho Santos, João ^a,e   Moreno, Ricardo D ^a,d   Sutovsky, Peter ^a   Chan, Anthony Wing Sang ^a   Hewitson, Laura ^a   Wessel, Gary M ^c   Simerly, Calvin R ^a   Schatten, Gerald ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acrosome; Exocytosis; Fertilization; Membrane; Sperm

Indexed keywords

SNARE PROTEIN; SYNAPTOBREVIN; SYNAPTOTAGMIN; SYNTAXIN;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EXOCYTOSIS; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MEMBRANE FUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034235393     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2000.9745     Document Type: Article

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