Induction of the acrosome reaction in bull spermatozoa with plasmin

Andrologia

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 112-116

  Taitzoglou, I A ^a,b   Chapman, D A ^a   Killian, G J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bovine; Proteolytic enzymes

Indexed keywords

LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PLASMIN;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; COW; FERTILIZATION; FIBRINOLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; CATTLE; MALE; PLASMIN; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0037388546     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0272.2003.00541.x     Document Type: Article

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