Arachidonic acid-induced acrosomal loss in the spermatozoa of a marsupial, the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii)

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 803-809

  Sistina, Yulia ^a   Rodger, John C ^b  

^a Biology Faculty   (Indonesia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; PROTEIN KINASE C INHIBITOR;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ENZYME INHIBITION; MALE; MAMMAL; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CALCIMYCIN; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GLYCERYL ETHERS; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; PROTEIN KINASE C; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; EUTHERIA; MACROPUS EUGENII; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 0031400933     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/R95217     Document Type: Article

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