Role of calpain in human sperm activated by progesterone for fertilization

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 382, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 831-838

  Ozaki, Y ^a   Blomgren, K ^a   Ogasawara, M S ^a   Aoki, K ^a   Furuno, T ^a   Nakanishi, M ^a   Sasaki, M ^a   Suzumori, K ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcium dependent cysteine protease; Capacitation; Human sperm; Intracellular calcium concentration; Progesterone; Protease inhibitor

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN; ENZYME ANTIBODY; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FURA 2 ACETOXYMETHYL ESTER; PROGESTERONE;

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CENTRIFUGATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EVALUATION; EXPOSURE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERM DONOR; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALCIUM; CALPAIN; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PRECURSORS; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PROGESTERONE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0034937083     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2001.101     Document Type: Article

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