Nucleons, I: A model for studying the mechanism of sperm nucleus swelling in vitro

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 85-95

  Delgado, Néstor M ^a   Sanchez Vazquez M L ^a   Reyes, R ^a   Merchant Larios, H ^b  

^a Ctro de Invest Biomed de Oriente   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Heparin; Nuclei decondensation; Nucleons; Reduced glutathione

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; DITHIOTHREITOL; GLUTATHIONE; HEPARIN; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL SWELLING; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GUINEA PIG; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEON; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPERM;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; EPIDIDYMIS; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RATS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0032803391     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014850199262779     Document Type: Article

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