Relationship between seminal plasma zinc concentration and spermatozoa-zona pellucida binding and the ZP-induced acrosome reaction in subfertile men

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 499-507

  Liu, De Yi ^a,b   Sie, Boon Shih ^a   Liu, Ming Li ^a   Agresta, Franca ^b   Baker, H W Gordon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EJACULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ACROSOME REACTION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SEMEN; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; ZINC; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 69749098116     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2009.23     Document Type: Article

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