Elimination of zinc from the flagella of spermatozoa during epididymal transit is important for motility

Reproductive Technologies

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 280-285

  Henkel, R ^a   Baldauf, C ^a   Bittner, J ^a   Weidner, W ^a   Miska, W ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; SILVER; ZINC; ZINC 65;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CATTLE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GEL FILTRATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RADIOACTIVITY; SILVER STAINING; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL;

EID: 0035057270     PISSN: 15284840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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