Novel signalling mechanism and clinical applications of sperm-specific PLCζ

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 43, Issue , 2015, Pages 371-376

  Nomikos, Michail ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium signalling; Fertilization; Infertility; Phospholipase C (PLC); Phospholipase C zeta (PLC ); Sperm

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 4,5 BISPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C DELTA; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 4,5 BISPHOSPHATE PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PLCZ1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SOMATIC CELL; SPERM; STATIC ELECTRICITY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYMOLOGY; FERTILIZATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICE; OVUM; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 4,5-DIPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOINOSITIDE PHOSPHOLIPASE C; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84934980815     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20140291     Document Type: Article

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