Sperm activation: Time and tide wait for no sperm

Current Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Singson, Andrew ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TIME;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; SPERM MATURATION; SPERM MOTILITY; TIME FACTORS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 33644766865     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.02.039     Document Type: Short Survey

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