A search for sex-specific antigens on bovine spermatozoa using immunological and biochemical techniques to compare the protein profiles of X and Y chromosome-bearing sperm populations separated by fluorescence-activated cell sorting

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 195-204

  Howes, E A ^a   Miller, N G A ^a   Dolby, C ^a   Hutchings, A ^a   Butcher, G W ^a   Jones, R ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ANTIGEN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTER; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SPERMATOZOON; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 0030768506     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1100195     Document Type: Article

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