γ-glutamyl transpeptidase of spermatozoa may decrease oocyte glutathione content at fertilization in pigs

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 485-490

  Funahashi, Hiroaki ^a   Machaty, Zoltan ^a   Prather, Randall S ^a   Day, Billy N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Glutamyl transpeptidase; glutathione; male pronuclear formation; oocytes; pig

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; FERTILIZATION; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; GUANOSINE 5'-O-(3-THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); MALE; OOCYTES; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0029857268     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199612)45:4<485::AID-MRD11>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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