| Literature DB >> 5837101 |
Abstract
Rabbit sperm developed the capacity to fertilize ova when incubated in utero or in vitro in fluids from estrous uteri. Incubation of sperm with beta-amylase in phosphate-buffered Locke's solution also resulted in capacitation. The data suggest that sperm capacitation involves enzymatic alteration of carbo-hydrate-containing seminal macromolecules which coat sperm and inhibit fertilization.Entities:
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Year: 1965 PMID: 5837101 DOI: 10.1126/science.150.3696.618
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728