Evaluation of boar sperm as a model system to study the mechanism of spermicidal activity of vanadocenes

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 270, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 826-830

  D'Cruz, Osmond J ^a   Vassilev, Alexei ^a   Uckun, Fatih M ^a  

^a PARKER HUGHES INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraceptives; Dynein ATPase; Sperm; Spermicides; Vanadium; Vanadocenes

Indexed keywords

BIS[PENTAMETHYLCYCLOPENTADIENYL]VANADIUM DICHLORIDE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN; SPERMICIDAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANADIUM DERIVATIVE; VANADOCENE; VANADOCENE DICHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA; TRIXIS;

EID: 0034696821     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.2517     Document Type: Article

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