Roles of the oviduct in mammalian fertilization

Reproduction

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 649-660

  Coy, P ^a   Garcia Vazquez F A ^a   Visconti, P E ^b   Aviles M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; BICARBONATE; CARBOHYDRATE; ESTROGEN; FUCOSE; PLASMIN; PLASMINOGEN; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; PROGESTERONE; PROTEOME;

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BODY FLUID; CELL INTERACTION; CELLULAR SECRETION; EJACULATION; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESTROGEN RELEASE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MODEL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVIDUCT; OVIDUCTAL FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MAMMALS; OOCYTES; OVIDUCTS; SPERMATOZOA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84870185942     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-12-0279     Document Type: Review

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