Intracellular pH in sperm physiology

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 450, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1149-1158

  Nishigaki, Takuya ^a   José, Omar ^a   González Cota, Ana Laura ^a   Romero, Francisco ^a   Treviño, Claudia L ^a   Darszon, Alberto ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Intracellular pH; Sperm; Sperm chemotaxis; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

INTRACELLULAR PH; SPERM; SPERM CHEMOTAXIS; SPERM MOTILITY;

ACROSOME REACTION; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ANIMALS; CARBONIC ANHYDRASES; CHEMOTAXIS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; ION CHANNELS; ION PUMPS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEA URCHINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84905899930     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2014.05.100     Document Type: Review

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