Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibition enhances human sperm motility and sperm-zona pellucida binding

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-26

  Du Plessis, S S ^a,c   Franken, D R ^a   Baldi, E ^b   Luconi, M ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acrosome; Hemizona; Motility; PI3 kinase; Spermatozoa; zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

2 MORPHOLINO 8 PHENYLCHROMONE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINASE INHIBITION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; ACROSOME REACTION; ADULT; CHROMONES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORPHOLINES; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0842308793     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2004.00440.x     Document Type: Article

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