Heparan sulphate: A putative decondensing agent for human spermatozoa in vivo

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1868-1873

  Romanato, Marina ^a   Cameo, Mónica S ^a   Bertolesi, Gabriel ^a   Baldini, Consuelo ^a   Calvo, Juan Carlos ^a,b   Calvo, Lucrecia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Gamete biology; Sperm

Indexed keywords

DERMATAN SULFATE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HEPARAN SULFATE; HEPARIN; HEPARIN DERIVATIVE; HYALURONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SULFATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0041761882     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg354     Document Type: Article

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