Inhibition of human sperm function and mouse fertilization in vitro by an antibody against cation channel of sperm 1: the contraceptive potential of its transmembrane domains and pore region

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1141-1146

  Li, Honggang ^a   Ding, Xiaofang ^a   Guan, Huangtao ^a   Xiong, Chengliang ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

CatSper1; Immunocontraception; ion channel; sperm

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ION CHANNEL; SPERM ANTIBODY;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, MALE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PORINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 69049105578     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.07.1751     Document Type: Article

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