Changes in binding of lectins to epididymal, ejaculated, and capacitated spermatozoa of the rhesus monkey

Anatomical Record

Volumn 245, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 500-508

  Navaneetham, D ^a,b   Sivashanmugam, P ^a   Rajalakshmi, M ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacitation; Epididymis; Lectins; Monkey; sperm maturation; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILIZATION; LECTIN BINDING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; EJACULATION; EPIDIDYMIS; LECTINS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RECEPTORS, CONCANAVALIN A; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM MATURATION; SPERMATOZOA; TISSUE FIXATION; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININS;

ANIMALIA; MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 0029934373     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199607)245:3<500::AID-AR6>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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