Involvement of μ-calpain in human sperm capacitation for fertilization

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 12-20

  Aoyama, Tomomi ^a   Ozaki, Yasuhiko ^a   Aoki, Koji ^b   Kunimatsu, Mltoshi ^a   Tada, Toyohiro ^a   Sasaki, Makoto ^a   Suzumori, Kaoru ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM IONOPHORE; CALPAIN; CALPASTATIN;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBITION KINETICS; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0035140217     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.8755-8920.2001.450103.x     Document Type: Article

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