The development of signal transduction pathways during epididymal maturation is calcium dependent

Developmental Biology

Volumn 268, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-63

  Ecroyd, Heath ^a   Asquith, Kelly L ^a   Jones, Russell C ^a   Aitken, R John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calcium; Capacitation; Epididymis; Signal transduction; Sperm capacitation; Sperm maturation; Tyrosine phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE INHIBITOR; CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM; CYCLIC AMP; PENICILLIN G; PHOSPHOTYROSINE; STREPTOMYCIN; THAPSIGARGIN;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EXOCYTOSIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL;

CAPUT;

EID: 1642329673     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2003.12.015     Document Type: Article

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