Protease activity involvement in the passage of mammalian sperm through the zona pellucida

Biological Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 145-150

  Moreno, Ricardo D ^a   Laserre, Andrea A ^a   Barros, Claudio ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Acrosin; Acrosome; Fertilization; Sperm; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

ACROSIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; HAMSTER; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ACROSIN; ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; MALE; SERINE PROTEASES; SPERMATOZOA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

GLYCINE MAX; MAMMALIA;

EID: 80052073291     PISSN: 07169760     EISSN: 07176287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-97602011000200006     Document Type: Article

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