The use of two fluorescent dyes to identify sperm in a competitive binding assay to oocytes

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 650-656

  Miller, David J ^a   Demers, Jill M ^a   Braundmeier, Andrea G ^a   Behrens, Melissa L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertility; Laboratory assays; Receptors; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

3,3' DIHEXADECYLOXACARBOCYANINE PERCHLORATE; 4 [4 (DIHEXADECYLAMINO)STYRYL] N METHYLQUINOLINIUM IODIDE; FLUORESCENT DYE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BINDING COMPETITION; CATTLE; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM;

ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CARBOCYANINES; CATTLE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; MALE; QUINOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0032407697     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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