Human spermatozoa possess a calcium‐dependent chloride channel that may participate in the acrosomal reaction

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Motility, maturation and the acrosome reaction (AR) are fundamental functions of mammalian spermatozoa. While travelling through the female reproductive tract, spermatozoa must mature through a process named capacitation, so that they can reach the egg and undergo the AR, an exocytotic event necessary to fertilize the egg. Though Cl⁻ is important for sperm capacitation and for the AR, not much is known about the...

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