Progesterone sperm chemoattraction may be modulated by its corticosteroid-binding globulin carrier protein

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2450-2452

  Teves, Maria Eugenia ^a   Guidobaldi, Hector Alejandro ^a   Uñates, Diego Rafael ^a   Sanchez, Raul ^b   Miska, Werner ^c   Giojalas, Laura Cecilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE; TRANSCORTIN; CARRIER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; CUMULUS CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; OSMOLARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CARRIER PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; HUMANS; MALE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROGESTERONE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TRANSCORTIN;

EID: 77952566553     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.09.012     Document Type: Article

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