Progesterone-induced increase of sperm cytosolic calcium is enhanced by previous fusion of spermatozoa to prostasomes

Cell Calcium

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 222-227

  Arienti, G ^a   Nicolucci, A ^a   Santi, F ^a   Carlini, E ^a   Palmerini, C A ^b  

^a Department of Internal Medicine   (Italy)

^b Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; LIPID; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN;

ACIDITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; CELL VACUOLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTHESIS; LIPID TRANSPORT; MALE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OOCYTE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; STIMULATION;

EID: 0034871580     PISSN: 01434160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/ceca.2001.0229     Document Type: Article

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