Evaluation of the proacrosin/acrosin system and its mechanism of activation in human sperm extracts
Authors:
- Laura Inés FurlongLFLaura Inés Furlong
- Juan Carlos BiancottiJBJuan Carlos Biancotti
- Pablo Daniel GhiringhelliPablo Daniel Ghiringhelli
- Clara Isabel Marı́n-BriggilerCMClara Isabel Marı́n-Briggiler
- Mónica Hebe Vazquez-LevinMVMónica Hebe Vazquez-Levin
- 1 March 2002
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Reproductive Immunology
- Vol. 54 (1-2) , 43-63
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