Acrosome formation-associated factor is involved in fertilization

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1482-1492

  Hu, Xiao Qian ^a,b   Ji, Shao Yang ^a   Li, Yin Chuan ^a   Fan, Cui Hong ^a   Cai, Huan ^a   Yang, Jun Ling ^a   Zhang, Chun Ping ^a   Chen, Min ^a   Pan, Zhi Fang ^a   Hu, Zhao Yuan ^a   Gao, Fei ^a   Liu, Yi Xun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

acrosomal exocytosis; Acrosome formation associated factor (Afaf); in vitro fertilization; membrane trafficking; sperm penetration

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME FORMATION ASSOCIATED FACTOR ANTIBODY; CALCIUM; MICRORNA; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; TRANSFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL PERMEABILIZATION; DOWN REGULATION; EGG; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOSOME; EXOCYTOSIS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLUORESCENCE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CALCIUM SIGNALING; ENDOSOMES; EXOSOMES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SYNAPTOSOMAL-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; TRANSFECTION; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 77949273967     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.01.067     Document Type: Article

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