Evidence for the capacitation-associated membrane priming of mouse spermatozoa

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 179-187

  Abou Haila, Aida ^a   Tulsiani, Daulat R P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid glycohydrolases; Acrosome reaction; Mammalian fertilization; Mammalian spermatozoa; Sperm capacitation; Sperm priming

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALMODULIN; GLYCOSIDASE;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ARTICLE; CELL PERMEABILIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037363251     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-003-0504-9     Document Type: Article

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