Roles of intracellular cyclic AMP signal transduction in the capacitation and subsequent hyperactivation of mouse and boar spermatozoa

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 421-430

  Harayama, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; cAMP; Capacitation; Hyperactivation; Protein phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SECOND MESSENGER; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MIDPIECE; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; SWINE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CYCLIC AMP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SECOND MESSENGER SYSTEMS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM MIDPIECE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM TAIL; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 84886689429     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.2013-056     Document Type: Article

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