Sperm Berserkers

eLife

Volumn 2013, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Clapham, David E ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROGESTERONE; SLO1 CHANNEL; SLO3 CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ALPHA SUBUNIT;

ALKALINIZATION; ARTICLE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; SPERMATOZOON; MALE; METABOLISM;

HUMANS; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ALPHA SUBUNITS; MALE; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84885346838     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.01469     Document Type: Article

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