Immunolocalization of proacrosin/acrosin in bovine sperm and sperm penetration through the zona pellucida

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 215-228

  De Los Reyes, M ^a   Barros, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cattle, male reproduction; Proacrosin acrosin; Sperm characteristics; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

ACROSIN; ENZYME PRECURSOR; PROACROSIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPERMATOZOON; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ACROSIN; ANIMALS; CATTLE; ENZYME PRECURSORS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0034654369     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4320(99)00077-9     Document Type: Article

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