The role of the molecular chaperone heat shock protein A2 (HSPA2) in regulating human sperm-egg recognition

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 568-573

  Nixon, Brett ^a   Bromfield, Elizabeth G ^a   Dun, Matthew D ^b   Redgrove, Kate A ^a   McLaughlin, Eileen A ^a   Aitken, R John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy   (Australia)

Author keywords

egg; fertilization; heat shock protein A2; molecular chaperone; sperm; sperm egg interactions

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN A2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; HSPA2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; HSPA2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

CELL INTERACTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPERM; SPERM EGG RECOGNITION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; ANIMAL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICE; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS;

EID: 84973454182     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1008-682X.151395     Document Type: Conference Paper

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