Importance of β-defensins in sperm function

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 821-826

  Dorin, Julia R ^a   Barratt, Christopher L R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Defensin; Infertility; Sperm; defensins

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; BETA-DEFENSINS; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84906057928     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gau050     Document Type: Review

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