Perspective on plasma membrane cholesterol efflux and spermatozoal function

Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 68-75

  Sheriff, Dhastagir Sultan ^a   Ali, Elshaari Farag ^a  

^a AL ARAB MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

Capacitation; cholesterol; phospholipid; transmembrane signaling

Indexed keywords

CAVEOLIN; CERAMIDE; CHOLESTEROL; DESMOSTEROL; PHOSPHOLIPID; SERUM ALBUMIN; SULFOTRANSFERASE;

CAVEOLA; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; EFFUSION; ENDOSPERM; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; LIPID RAFT; MALE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

EID: 77956997258     PISSN: 09741208     EISSN: 19984766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-1208.69337     Document Type: Review

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