Is PAWP the "real" sperm factor?

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 444-446

  Nomikos, Michail ^a   Swann, Karl ^a   Lai, F Anthony ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PHOSPHOLIPASE C ZETA; POSTACROSOMAL WW DOMAIN BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARRIER PROTEIN; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SPERM; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CARRIER PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OOCYTES; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEINS;

EID: 84928987207     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1008-682X.142145     Document Type: Article

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