Sperm from Hyh mice carrying a point mutation in αSNAP have a defect in acrosome reaction

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Bátiz, Luis Federico ^a   De Blas, Gerardo A ^b   Michaut, Marcela A ^b   Ramírez, Alfredo R ^a   Rodríguez, Facundo ^b   Ratto, Marcelo H ^a   Oliver, Cristian ^a   Tomes, Claudia N ^b   Rodríguez, Esteban M ^a   Mayorga, Luis S ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Instituto de Histologia y Embriologia   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOLEUCINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METHIONINE; SOLUBLE N ETHYLMALEIMIDE SENSITIVE FACTOR ATTACHMENT PROTEIN ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SOLUBLE N ETHYLMALEIMIDE SENSITIVE FACTOR ATTACHMENT PROTEIN;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; EXOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; EXOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; POINT MUTATION; SOLUBLE N-ETHYLMALEIMIDE-SENSITIVE FACTOR ATTACHMENT PROTEINS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 63349098078     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004963     Document Type: Article

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