The zona pellucida-induced acrosome reaction of human spermatozoa involves extracellular signal-regulated kinase activation
- 1 November 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Andrologia
- Vol. 33 (6) , 337-342
Abstract
Summary. Extracellular signal‐regulated kinases (ERKs), belonging to the family of mitogen‐activated protein kinases (MAPKs), are cytoplasmic and nuclear serine/threonine kinases involved in the sign...Keywords
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