Progesterone receptor as an indicator of sperm function

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1327-1336

  Gadkar, Sushama ^a   Shah, C A ^a   Sachdeva, Geetanjali ^a   Samant, Urmila ^a   Puri, C P ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Progesterone receptor

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ACROSOME REACTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMIOGRAM;

EID: 0036785186     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod67.4.1327     Document Type: Article

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