Na, K-ATPase α4 isoform is essential for sperm fertility

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 644-649

  Jimenez, Tamara ^a   McDermott, Jeffrey P ^a   Sánchez, Gladis ^a   Blanco, Gustavo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM) ALPHA4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE SILENCING; ION EXCHANGE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SODIUM CELL LEVEL; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATALYSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, GENETIC; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SODIUM-POTASSIUM-EXCHANGING ATPASE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

MUS;

EID: 79551657463     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1016902108     Document Type: Article

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