Role of cholesterol, DOTAP, and DPPC in prostasome/spermatozoa interaction and fusion

Journal of Membrane Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 185-190

  Palmerini, Carlo A ^a   Cametti, Cesare ^b   Sennato, Simona ^b   Gaudino, Diego ^b   Carlini, Enrico ^a   Bordi, Federico ^b   Arienti, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; DOTAP; DPPC; Fusion; Lipid transfer; Prostasome; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIOLEOYL 3 TRIMETHYLAMMONIOPROPANE; CHOLESTEROL; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; LIPID; LIPOSOME; OCTACEDYLRHODAMINE B CHLORIDE; RHODAMINE B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME REACTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID TRANSPORT; MALE; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PH; PROSTASOME; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; STOICHIOMETRY;

1,2-DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; ADULT; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUSION; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; HUMANS; LIPIDS; LIPOSOMES; MALE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMEN; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 33751259334     PISSN: 00222631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00232-006-0009-2     Document Type: Article

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