Human spermatozoa possess a calcium-dependent chloride channel that may participate in the acrosomal reaction

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 590, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2659-2675

  Orta, Gerardo ^a   Ferreira, Gonzalo ^b   José, Omar ^a   Treviño, Claudia L ^a   Beltrán, Carmen ^a   Darszon, Alberto ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4,4' DIISOTHIOCYANATOSTILBENE 2,2' DISULFONIC ACID; AMINOPHENYLTHIAZOLE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM DEPENDENT CHLORIDE CHANNEL; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; NIFLUMIC ACID; PROTEIN TMEM16; PROTEIN TMEM16A; RECOMBINANT HUMAN GLYCOPROTEIN FROM THE ZONA PELLUCIDA 3; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; WHOLE CELL; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ACROSOME REACTION; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; SPERMATOZOA; THIAZOLES;

EID: 84861715725     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2011.224485     Document Type: Article

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