Identification and spatial distribution of glycine receptor subunits in human sperm
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Identification and spatial distribution of glycine receptor subunits in human sperm.
The human sperm surface glycine receptor (GLR) plays a role in an important fertilization event, the sperm acrosome reaction. Here, by western blot analysis, we report the presence of GLRA1, GLRA2, GLRA3, and GLRB subunits in human sperm. Immunolocalization studies showed that the GLRA1 and GLRA2 subunits are present in the equatorial region, the GLRA3 subunit in the flagellar principal piece, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: REPRODUCTION
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1470-1626,1741-7899
DOI: 10.1530/rep-08-0223