Characterization of acrosin-like activity of lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) spermatozoa

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 72-77

  Ciereszko, Andrzej ^a,b   Dabrowski, Konrad ^a   Ochkur, Sergei I ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Acipenser; Anti proteinase; Serine proteinase

Indexed keywords

ACROSIN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERTILIZATION; FISH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON;

ACROSIN; ANIMALS; BENZOATES; BENZOYLARGININE NITROANILIDE; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENZYME STABILITY; FISHES; GUANIDINES; KINETICS; MALE; OCTOXYNOL; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; SEMEN; SPERMATOZOA; TEMPERATURE; ZINC;

ACIPENSER; ACIPENSER FULVESCENS; ACIPENSERIDAE; ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029763097     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199609)45:1<72::AID-MRD10>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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