Measuring ion fluxes in sperm

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 2004, Issue 74, 2004, Pages 545-576

  Darszon, Alberto ^a   Wood, Christopher D ^a   Beltrán, Carmen ^a   Sánchez, Daniel ^b   Rodríguez, Esmeralda ^a   Gorelik, Julia ^b   Korchev, Yuri E ^b   Nishigaki, Takuya ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b MRC CLINICAL SCIENCES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; ION; ION CHANNEL; PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; METABOLISM; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEA URCHIN; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; FLUORESCENT DYES; ION CHANNELS; IONS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDES; SEA URCHINS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 16644385575     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-679x(04)74022-4     Document Type: Review

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