Remodeling of the actin cytoskeleton during mammalian sperm capacitation and acrosome reaction

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 837-845

  Brener, Ephraim ^a   Rubinstein, Sara ^a   Cohen, Gili ^a   Shternall, Keren ^a   Rivlin, Joel ^a   Breitbart, Haim ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Gamete biology; In vitro fertilization; Sperm; Sperm capacitation

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BICARBONATE; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CALCIUM ION; CYCLIC AMP; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; F ACTIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; METHYL BETA CYCLODEXTRIN; VANADATE SODIUM;

ACROSOME REACTION; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MALE; METAPHASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ACROSOME REACTION; ACTINS; ANIMALS; CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM; CATTLE; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IONOPHORES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SHEEP; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037369769     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.009233     Document Type: Article

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