Venom of the Chilean Latrodectus mactans alters bovine spermatozoa calcium and function by blocking the TEA-sensitive K+ current

Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 303-310

  Navarrete, Patricia ^a   Martínez Torres, Ataúlfo ^b   Gutiérrez, Raúl Sánchez ^a   Mejía, Fernando Romero ^a   Parodi, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Calcium; Ionic currents; Latrodectus venom; Membrane potential; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; POTASSIUM; SPIDER VENOM;

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHILE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; BLACK WIDOW SPIDER; CALCIUM; CATTLE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SPERMATOZOA; SPIDER VENOMS; TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM;

EID: 77955888033     PISSN: 19396368     EISSN: 19396368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/19396368.2010.492447     Document Type: Article

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