Nongenomic activation of spermatozoa by steroid hormones: Facts and fictions

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 308, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 39-46

  Baldi, Elisabetta ^a   Luconi, Michaela ^b   Muratori, Monica ^a   Marchiani, Sara ^a   Tamburrino, Lara ^a   Forti, Gianni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Immunoallergology Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Estrogen; Extranuclear; Progesterone; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; CALCIUM ION; CYCLIC AMP; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; STEROID HORMONE;

ACROSOME REACTION; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHEMOTAXIS; EXOCYTOSIS; FERTILIZATION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MALE INFERTILITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; CHEMOTAXIS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROGESTERONE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; STEROIDS;

EID: 67449155901     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2009.02.006     Document Type: Review

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