The inhibition of the human sperm phosphatidylinosytol 3-kinase by LY294002 does not interfere with sperm/oocyte interaction

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 468-474

  Barbonetti, A ^a   Zugaro, A ^a   Sciarretta, F ^a   Santucci, R ^a   Necozione, S ^a   Ruvolo, G ^b   Francavilla, S ^a   Francavilla, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b Centro di Biologia della Riproduzione   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Fertilization; Sperm oocyte fusion; Spermatozoa; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

2 MORPHOLINO 8 PHENYLCHROMONE; MANNOSE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROGESTERONE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; CHROMONES; CRICETINAE; HUMANS; MALE; MORPHOLINES; PROGESTERONE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 33745958644     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2005.00644.x     Document Type: Article

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