Voltage-dependent calcium channels in mammalian spermatozoa revisited

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1420-1449

  Benoff, Susan ^a,b,c,g   Chu, Charles C ^a,b,c,d   Marmar, Joel L ^e   Sokol, Rebecca Z ^f   Goodwin, Leslie O ^a   Hurley, Ian R ^a  

^a FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Calcium channels; Contraception; Environmental exposure; Infertility; Isoforms; Review; Sperm; Testis; Toxic exposure

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 34249790552     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/2158     Document Type: Article

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