Secretory proteins from the female reproductive tract of the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula): Binding to sperm and effects on sperm survival in vitro

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 329-336

  Sidhu, K S ^b   Mate, K E ^b   Molinia, F C ^a   Glazier, A M ^a   Rodger, J C ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SECRETORY PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELL VIABILITY; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SECRETION; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; FEMALE; MALE; OPOSSUMS; OVARY; PROTEINS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

ALOPIAS; ANIMALIA; METATHERIA; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0033364065     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD00010     Document Type: Article

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