Use of peanut agglutinin to assess the acrosomal status and the zona pellucida-induced acrosome eaction in stallion spermatozoa

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 674-682

  Cheng, Feng Pang ^a   Fazeli, Alireza ^a   Voorhout, Wim F ^a   Marks, Abraham ^a   Bevers, Mart M ^a   Colenbrander, Ben ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Equine spermatozoa; FITC PNA; Hemizona

Indexed keywords

CALCIMYCIN; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; PEANUT AGGLUTININ;

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; HORSE; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; BINDING SITES; CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; HORSES; IONOPHORES; LECTINS; MALE; PEANUT AGGLUTININ; PLANT LECTINS; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; STAINING AND LABELING; TIME FACTORS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0030470756     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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