Hamster sperm glycine receptor: Evidence for its presence and involvement in the acrosome reaction

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 205-215

  Llanos, Miguel N ^a   Ronco, Ana M ^a   Aguirre, María C ^a   Meizel, Stanley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Glycine receptors; Hamster sperm; Strychnine binding

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; IONOMYCIN; RADIOLIGAND; STRYCHNINE; TRITIUM;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DOSE RESPONSE; HAMSTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; BETA-ALANINE; CRICETINAE; GLYCINE; GLYCINE AGENTS; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; SPERMATOZOA; STRYCHNINE; TAURINE;

EID: 0035163470     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2795(200102)58:2<205::AID-MRD10>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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