Effect of human sperm exposure to progesterone on sperm-oocyte fusion and sperm-zona pellucida binding under various experimental conditions

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 106-112

  Francavilla, F ^a   Romano, R ^a   Santucci, R ^a   Macerola, B ^a   Ruvolo, G ^b   Francavilla, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b Centro di Biologia della Riproduzione   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Progesterone; Sperm oocyte fusion; Spermatozoa; Zona pellucida binding

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; CELL FUSION; CRICETINAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGESTERONE; REFERENCE VALUES; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; TISSUE DONORS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0036215244     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.2002.00333.x     Document Type: Article

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