Structural Features of Sterols Required to Inhibit Human Sperm Capacitation1
Open Access
- 1 April 2003
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Biology of Reproduction
- Vol. 68 (4) , 1308-1317
- https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.102.008607
Abstract
Ejaculated mammalian sperm must undergo a final maturation (capacitation) before they can acrosome-react and fertilize eggs. Loss of cholesterol is aKeywords
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