Molecular events that regulate mammalian fertilization

Minerva Ginecologica

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 103-118

  Tulsiani, D R P ^a   Abou Haila, A ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Fertility agents, male; Signal transduction; Sperm capacitation

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CALCIUM; CALMODULIN; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HYALURONIDASE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PROACROSIN; PROGESTERONE; STEROID;

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL SURFACE; DIPLOIDY; DNA MODIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXOCYTOSIS; FERTILIZATION; GOLGI COMPLEX; HAPLOIDY; HUMAN; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; MALE INFERTILITY; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; CALMODULIN; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMALS; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 79959807850     PISSN: 00264784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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