Fuel/energy sources of spermatozoa

Male Infertility: Contemporary Clinical Approaches, Andrology, ART and Antioxidants

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 209-223

  Misro, M M ^a   Ramya, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE   (India)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; ATP consumption by spermatozoa; Capacitation; Glucose transporters; Glycolysis; Hyperactivated sperm motility; Oxidative phosphorylation; Spermatozoa energy production; Spermatozoa metabolism; Sperm zona binding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955649212     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3335-4_21     Document Type: Chapter

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