Caspase-independent exposure of aminophospholipids and tyrosine phosphorylation in bicarbonate responsive human sperm cells

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2122-2134

  De Vries, K J ^a   Wiedmer, T ^b   Sims, P J ^b   Gadella, B M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Apoptosis; Cyclic adenosine monophosphate; Sperm capacitation; Sperm maturation

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHOSPHOLIPID; BICARBONATE; CASPASE; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; SCRAMBLASE; TYROSINE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL MEMBRANE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANNEXIN A5; BICARBONATES; CASPASES; CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MITOCHONDRIA; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRECIPITIN TESTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM HEAD; SPERMATOZOA; TYROSINE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0037499505     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.012500     Document Type: Article

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