Enzyme activity in anuran spermatozoa upon induction of the acrosome reaction

Zygote

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 293-298

  Infante, V ^a   Amirante, R ^a   Vaccaro, M C ^a   Wilding, M ^a,b   Campanella, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Centre for Reproductive Biology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anurans; Fertilisation; Protease inhibitors; Proteolytic enzymes; Sperm acrosomes

Indexed keywords

ANURA; DISCOGLOSSUS PICTUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ENZYME INHIBITOR; GELATIN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE;

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYMOLOGY; FROGS AND TOADS; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL; ANURA; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GELATIN; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES;

EID: 0035516175     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199401001332     Document Type: Article

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