Fusion of prostasomes to human spermatozoa stimulates the acrosome reaction

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1181-1184

  Palmerini, Carlo A ^b   Saccardi, Carla ^b   Carlini, Enrico ^b   Fabiani, Roberto ^b   Arienti, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a Dipartimento di Medicina Interna   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Progesterone; Prostasomes; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM IONOPHORE; PROGESTERONE;

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON;

EID: 0242493102     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(03)02160-5     Document Type: Article

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