Hv Physiology: Human Male Fertility

Standard · Posted by lettsscience on April 17, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

The human voltage-gated proton channel Hv1 plays an important physiological role in male fertility in humans. Specifically it is integral for regulation of the internal pH of the sperm cell. The pH of the sperm cytoplasm is a major regulator of sperm cell motility, capacitation, hyperctivation and the acrosome reaction. Each of these processes are … Continue reading →

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