Prostasome-like vesicles stimulate acrosome reaction of pig spermatozoa
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Prostasome-like vesicles stimulate acrosome reaction of pig spermatozoa
BACKGROUND The presence of small membranous particles characterizes the male genital fluids of different mammalian species. The influence of semen vesicles, denominated prostasomes, on sperm functional properties has been well documented in humans, but their biological activity is scarcely known in other species. The present work investigated prostasome-like vesicles in pig semen for their abil...
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عنوان ژورنال: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1477-7827
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-6-5