Cytofluorescent assay to quantify adhesion of equine spermatozoa to oviduct epithelial cells in vitro

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-61

  Thomas, Philip G A ^a   Ball, Barry A ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Animal Health Diagnostic Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion; Epifluorescence; Image analysis; Stallion; Videoimaging

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HORSE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; VIDEORECORDING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; CELL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HORSES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0030065589     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199601)43:1<55::AID-MRD7>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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