Effects of male accessory sex glands on sperm decondensation and oocyte activation during in vivo fertilization in golden hamsters

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 68-76

  Ying, Y ^a   Cheung, M P L ^a   Chow, P H ^b   O, W S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cortical granule exocytosis; Golden hamster; In vivo fertilization; Male accessory sex glands; Maturation promoting factor; Oocyte activation; Polyspermy; Sperm nuclear decondensation

Indexed keywords

DITHIOTHREITOL; DNA; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; MATURATION PROMOTING FACTOR; PROTAMINE KINASE;

ACCESSORY SEX GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDIDYMIS; EXOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HAMSTER; MALE; MATING; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYSPERMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONUCLEUS; PROSTATE VENTRAL LOBE; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CRICETINAE; EXOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; OOCYTES; PROTEIN KINASES; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0033013468     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.1999.00146.x     Document Type: Article

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