Transbilayer motion of spin-labelled phospholipids in the plasma membrane of epididymal and ejaculated ram spermatozoa

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-89

  Muller K ^a,b   Muller P ^a   Herrmann, A ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Inst Fortpflanzung L   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINOPHOSPHOLIPID; CARRIER PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; LIPID BILAYER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPIN LABELING; STEADY STATE;

ANIMALIA; CAPUT; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0343416901     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1110081     Document Type: Article

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