Lipid diffusion in the plasma membrane of mouse spermatozoa: Changes during epididymal maturation, effects of pH, osmotic pressure, and knockout of the c-ros gene

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 384-392

  Christova, Yonka ^a   James, Peter S ^a   Cooper, Trevor G ^a   Jones, Roy ^b  

^a Department of Tropical Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fertilizing capacity; Germ cells; Lipid dynamics; Photobleaching analysis

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN C ROS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; EJACULATION; EPIDIDYMIS; GERM CELL; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIPID TRANSPORT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

4-CHLORO-7-NITROBENZOFURAZAN; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL; DIFFUSION; EPIDIDYMIS; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENT DYES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; SPERMATOZOA; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036217999     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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