Role and regulation of EGFR in actin remodeling in sperm capacitation and the acrosome reaction

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 106-110

  Breitbart, Haim ^a   Etkovitz, Nir ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

acrosome reaction; capacitation; PI3K; PKA; PKC; spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II; CALCIUM ION; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; F ACTIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID; OUABAIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 4 PHOSPHATE KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN KINASE C ALPHA;

ACROSOME REACTION; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; DEPOLYMERIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; TRANSACTIVATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ACROSOME REACTION; ACTINS; ANIMALS; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; MALE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASES; PROTEIN KINASE C; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 78650969370     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2010.78     Document Type: Review

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