Sperm maturation in rhesus monkey: Changes in ultrastructure, chromatin condensation, and organization of lipid bilayer

Anatomical Record

Volumn 247, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-32

  Sivashanmugam, P ^a,b   Rajalakshmi, M ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin condensation; Chromatin denaturation; Fluorescent probes; Sperm maturation; Sperm membrane

Indexed keywords

DITHIOTHREITOL; MEMBRANE LIPID; MEROCYANINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; EPIDIDYMIS; LIPID BILAYER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMATIN; CYSTEINE; DITHIOTHREITOL; EJACULATION; EPIDIDYMIS; FLUORESCENT DYES; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PYRIMIDINONES; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; CAPUT; MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 0030827811     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199701)247:1<25::AID-AR4>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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