Identification of cytokeratins in bovine sperm outer dense fibre fractions

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-160

  Hinsch, Elvira ^a,c   Boehm, J G ^a   Groeger, S ^a   Mueller Schloesser, F ^b   Hinsch, K D ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Minitube GmbH   (Germany)

^c Center of Dermatology and Andrology   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CETRIMIDE; DETERGENT; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; KERATIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SOLUBILITY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CETRIMONIUM COMPOUNDS; DETERGENTS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; KERATINS; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SOLUBILITY; SPERM HEAD; SPERM TAIL; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0037388417     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0531.2003.00408.x     Document Type: Article

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