Autometallographic demonstration of zinc ions in rat sperm cells

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 763-767

  Stoltenberg, Meredin ^a   Sorensen, Michael Busk ^a   Danscher, Gorm ^a   Juhl, Søren ^a   Andreasen, Arne ^a   Ernst, Erik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chelating agents; Diethyldithiocarbamate; Semen; Silver sulphide; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

CHELATING AGENT; DIETHYLDITHIOCARBAMIC ACID; DIHYDROXYETHYLDITHIOCARBAMATE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; EDETIC ACID; ZINC;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RAT; SPERMATOZOON; STAINING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; CHELATING AGENTS; DITIOCARB; EDETIC ACID; EPIDIDYMIS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RATS; SPERMATOZOA; STAINING AND LABELING; ZINC;

EID: 0031228308     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/3.9.763     Document Type: Article

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