Acrosomal exocytosis, a special type of regulated secretion

IUBMB Life

Volumn 59, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 286-292

  Mayorga, Luis S ^a,b   Tomes, Claudia N ^a   Belmonte, Silvia A ^a  

^a Instituto de Histologia y Embriologia   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Exocytosis; Membrane fusion; Regulated secretion; Sperm

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CYCLIC AMP; INOSITOL 1,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE; RAB PROTEIN; SNARE PROTEIN;

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXOCYTOSIS; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE FUSION; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; POLLEN; PROTEIN SECRETION; SECRETORY GRANULE; SPERM;

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; EXOCYTOSIS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MALE; MEMBRANE FUSION; SNARE PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34248570055     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15216540701222872     Document Type: Conference Paper

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