Progesterone induces activation in Octopus vulgaris spermatozoa

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 97-105

  Tosti, Elisabetta ^a   di Cosmo, Anna ^b   Cuomo, Annunziata ^a   di Cristo, Carlo ^b   Gragnaniello, Giovanni ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Cephalopods; Reproduction; Sperm activation

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; HORMONE ACTION; NONHUMAN; OCTOPUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENT DYES; IONOPHORES; LECTINS; MALE; OCTOPODIFORMES; PROGESTERONE; SPERMATOZOA;

CEPHALOPODA; OCTOPUS VULGARIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035089058     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.1011     Document Type: Article

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