Lipid diffusion in the plasma membrane of ram and boar spermatozoa during maturation in the epididymis measured by fluorescence recovery after photobleaching

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 207-215

  James, P S ^a   Wolfe, C A ^b   Ladha, S ^b   Jones, R ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epididymis; FRAP; Lipid dynamics; Maturation; Plasma membrane; Sperm

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL MIGRATION; EPIDIDYMIS; LIPID TRANSPORT; MALE; MEMBRANE COMPONENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL; DIFFUSION; EPIDIDYMIS; FILIPIN; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT DYES; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; SHEEP; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032899611     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199902)52:2<207::AID-MRD12>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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