Use of atomic force microscopy for morphological and morphometric analyses of acrosome intact and acrosome-reacted human sperm

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 471-479

  Mai, Andrew ^a,b,c   Weerachatyanukul, Wattana ^a,b   Tomietto, Mauro ^d   Wayner, Danial D M ^d   Wells, George ^a   Balhorn, Rod ^e   Leader, Arthur ^c   Cyr, Jean Louis ^a,b,c   Tanphaichitr, Nongnuj ^a,b  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c Fertility Center   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^e LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Sperm acrosome reaction; Sperm morphology; Sperm morphometry

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MORPHOMETRICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; CALCIMYCIN; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE;

EID: 0036888024     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.10195     Document Type: Article

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