Changes in epididymal protein anti-agglutinin on ejaculated boar spermatozoa during capacitation in vitro

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 193-199

  Harayama, Hiroshi ^a   Magargee, Susan F ^b   Kunze, Elaine ^b   Shidara, Osamu ^c   Iwamoto, Eiji ^c   Arikawa, Satoko ^a   Miyake, Masashi ^a   Kato, Seishiro ^a   Hammerstedt, Roy H ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Hyogo Prefectural Institute of Agriculture   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; EPIDIDYMIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DENSITOMETRY; EJACULATION; EPIDIDYMIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; RABBITS; SIALOGLYCOPROTEINS; SPERM AGGLUTINATION; SPERM CAPACITATION; SWINE;

EID: 0033496630     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/rd99056     Document Type: Article

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