Intracellular events and signaling pathways involved in sperm acquisition of fertilizing capacity and acrosome reaction

Frontiers in Bioscience - Landmark

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 110-123

  Baldi, Elisabetta ^a   Luconi, Michaela ^a   Bonaccorsi, Lorella ^a   Muratori, Monica ^a   Forti, Gianni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Calcium; Capacitation; Protein phosphorylation; Review; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; DNA FRAGMENT; MEMBRANE LIPID; PHOSPHOLIPASE; PHOSPHOLIPID; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN KINASE; SODIUM;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DNA DAMAGE; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; MALE; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CHLORIDES; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; MALE; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; PHOSPHOLIPASES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PHOSPHORYLATION; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0034321639     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/a572     Document Type: Article

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