Sperm surface proteomics: From protein lists to biological function

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 68-79

  Brewis, Ian A ^a   Gadella, Barend M ^b,c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Plasma membrane; Proteomics; Sperm; Surface

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN;

ACROSOME REACTION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL SURFACE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LIPID RAFT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE INFERTILITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTROPHORESIS; ZONA PELLUCIDA; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MEMBRANE; MALE; METABOLISM; SPERMATOZOON;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEINS; PROTEOMICS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 77949522635     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gap077     Document Type: Review

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