Progesterone Receptor Availability in Mouse Spermatozoa during Epididymal Transit and Capacitation: Ligand Blot Detection of Progesterone-Binding Protein

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 612-620

  Pietrobon, Elisa Olivia ^a   Monclus, María De Los Ángeles ^a   Alberdi, Antonio José ^a   Fornés, Miguel Walter ^a,b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^b Instituto de Histologia y Embriologia   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Maturation; Sperm

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; GOLD COMPLEX; MOLECULAR MARKER; PROGESTERONE 4 RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE BINDING PROTEIN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SILVER DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL ISOLATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDIDYMIS; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGAND BINDING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SILVER STAINING; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION;

EID: 1242290578     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1939-4640.2003.tb02713.x     Document Type: Article

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