Capacitation-dependent reorganization of microdomains in the apical sperm head plasma membrane: Functional relationship with zona binding and the zona-induced acrosome reaction

Theriogenology

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1188-1196

  Boerke, A ^a   Tsai, P S ^a   Garcia Gil, N ^a   Brewis, I A ^b   Gadella, B M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Lipid ordered domains; SNARE proteins; Sperm capacitation; Sperm zona binding; Spermadhesins

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MAMMALS; MEMBRANE MICRODOMAINS; SPERMATOZOA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 55649088022     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2008.06.021     Document Type: Article

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