Human sperm subpopulations: Relationship between functional quality and protein tyrosine phosphorylation

Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 139-146

  Buffone, M G ^a   Doncel, G F ^b   Briggiler, C I Marín ^c   Vazquez Levin, M H ^c   Calamera, J C ^a  

^a Laboratorio de Estudios en Reproduccion LER   (Argentina)

^b EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Capacitation; Human sperm; Hyperactivation; Percoll gradient; Protein tyrosine phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

BUCLADESINE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; TYROSINE;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME;

EID: 0347316380     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh040     Document Type: Article

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