Monoclonal antibodies reacting against capacitated but not with freshly ejaculated boar spermatozoa

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 301-308

  Mollova, Margarita V ^a   Atanasova, Galina A ^a   Kyurkchiev, Stanimir ^a   Ivanova, Maria D ^a   Peknicova, Jana ^b  

^a Inst Biol and Immunol of Repro   (Bulgaria)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Gamete antigens and antibodies; Sperm capacitation; Sperm egg interaction

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SWINE;

EID: 0030473291     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1996.tb00180.x     Document Type: Article

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