Bicarbonate/CO2, an effector of capacitation, induces a rapid and reversible change in the lipid architecture of boar sperm plasma membranes

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 378-391

  Harrison, R A P ^a   Ashworth, P J C ^a   Miller, N G A ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyclic nucleotides; Flow cytometry; Merocyanine 540

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; MEROCYANINE; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CALCIUM; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE; MEROCYANINE DYE; PYRIMIDINONE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME REGULATION; LIPID MEMBRANE; MALE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SWINE; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; STAINING;

ANIMALS; BICARBONATES; CALCIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL MEMBRANE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NUCLEOTIDES, CYCLIC; PYRIMIDINONES; SEMEN; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOA; STAINING AND LABELING; SWINE;

EID: 0029657896     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199611)45:3<378::AID-MRD16>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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