Soybean trypsin inhibitor as a probe for the acrosome reaction in motile cynomolgus macaque sperm

Zygote

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 127-137

  Tollner, Theodore L ^a   Yudin, Ashley I ^a   Cherr, Gary N ^b   Overstreet, James W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrosin; Acrosome reaction; Macaque; SBTI; Sperm

Indexed keywords

CALCIMYCIN; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENT DYE; IONOPHORE; LECTIN; PEA LECTIN; PLANT LECTIN; SOYBEAN TRYPSIN INHIBITOR;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MACACA; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STAINING; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; CALCIMYCIN; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENT DYES; IONOPHORES; LECTINS; MACACA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PLANT LECTINS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; STAINING AND LABELING; TRYPSIN INHIBITOR, KUNITZ SOYBEAN; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0034183905     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199400000903     Document Type: Article

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