Binding of a bovine oviductal fluid catalase to mammalian spermatozoa

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 747-753

  Lapointe, Serge ^a   Sullivan, Robert ^a   Sirard, Marc André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL VIABILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; BODY FLUIDS; CATALASE; CATTLE; CERVIX MUCUS; ESTRUS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 0031883444     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod58.3.747     Document Type: Article

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