Membrane rafts regulate phospholipase B activation in murine sperm

Communicative and Integrative Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Asano, Atsushi ^a,b   Nelson Harrington, Jacquelyn L ^a   Travis, Alexander J ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acrosome exocytosis; Fertilization; Membrane rafts; Phospholipase B; Sperm

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894100517     PISSN: 19420889     EISSN: 19420889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cib.27362     Document Type: Article

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