Topographical distribution of phospholipids in boar sperm plasma and intracellular membranes as revealed by freeze-fracture cytochemistry

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 687-701

  Kan, Frederick W K ^a   Lin, Yan ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acrosome membranes; Boar sperm; Cytochemistry; Fracture label; Label fracture; Membrane domains; Phospholipids

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPASE A2;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL LABELING; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; EJACULATION; FREEZE FRACTURE; MEMBRANE BINDING; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON;

EID: 0029943401     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/44.7.8675990     Document Type: Article

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