Acrosomal exocytosis of mouse sperm progresses in a consistent direction in response to zona pellucida

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 220, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 611-620

  Buffone, Mariano G ^a   Rodriguez Miranda, Esmeralda ^a,b   Storey, Bayard T ^a   Gerton, George L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO SUPERIOR DE IRAPUATO   (Mexico)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; IONOMYCIN; CALCIUM; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; IONOPHORE;

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOCYTOSIS; FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MEMBRANE FUSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ZONA PELLUCIDA; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; EXOCYTOSIS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IONOMYCIN; IONOPHORES; KINETICS; MALE; MEMBRANE FUSION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 67650364012     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.21781     Document Type: Article

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