Gluts and mammalian sperm metabolism

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 348-355

  Bucci, Diego ^a   Rodriguez Gil, Juan Enrique ^b   Vallorani, Claudia ^a   Spinaci, Marcella ^a   Galeati, Giovanna ^a   Tamanini, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Capacitation; Energy management; Energy uptake; Species specificity; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 10; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 11; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 14; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 2; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 3; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 4; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 5; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 6; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 7; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 8; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 9; HEXOSE; INSULIN; PROTON COUPLED MYOINOSITOL TRANSPORTER; SODIUM GLUCOSE COTRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SLC2A10 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SLC2A11 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SLC2A13 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SLC2A7 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SLC2A8 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SLC2A9 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

CELL ACTIVITY; CELL ENERGY; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL METABOLISM; CELL MOTILITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; LIPID BILAYER; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON; ANIMAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYOPRESERVATION; FERTILIZATION; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT PROTEINS, FACILITATIVE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER TYPE 1; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER TYPE 2; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER TYPE 3; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER TYPE 4; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER TYPE 5; HUMANS; MALE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 80052613263     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.110.011197     Document Type: Review

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