Egg water from the amphibian Bufo arenarum modulates the ability of homologous sperm to undergo the acrosome reaction in the presence of the vitelline envelope

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 311-319

  Krapf, Darío ^a   O'Brien, Emma D ^a   Cabada, Marcelo O ^a   Visconti, Pablo E ^b   Arranz, Silvia E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Amphibia; Capacitation; Fertilization; Jelly coat; Sperm capacitation; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; MIBEFRADIL; NICKEL; RINGER SOLUTION; THAPSIGARGIN; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; EGG WATER; EXOCYTOSIS; FERTILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; TOAD; VITELLINE MEMBRANE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; BUFO ARENARUM; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; THAPSIGARGIN; VITELLINE MEMBRANE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO ARENARUM;

EID: 59949098993     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.108.071076     Document Type: Article

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