Chemotaxis of capacitated rabbit spermatozoa to follicular fluid revealed by a novel directionality-based assay

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1565-1571

  Fabro, Georgina ^a   Rovasio, Roberto A ^a   Civalero, Silvia ^a   Frenkel, Anat ^a   Caplan, S Roy ^a   Eisenbach, Michael ^a   Giojalas, Laura C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Fertilization; Gamete biology; Sperm capacitation; Sperm motility and transport

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMETE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VIDEORECORDING; ANIMAL; BIOASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHEMOTAXIS; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR FLUID; MALE; RABBITS; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM MOTILITY;

EID: 0036838301     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.006395     Document Type: Article

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