Proacrosin-acrosin activity in capacitated and acrosome reacted sperm from cryopreserved bovine semen

Biocell

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 311-316

  Rosatti, M I ^a   Beconi, Martha T ^a   Cordoba M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bovine sperm; Heparin; Proacrosin acrosin; Progesterone; Quercitin

Indexed keywords

ACROSIN; BENZOYLARGININE 4 NITROANILIDE; ENZYME PRECURSOR; PROACROSIN; PROGESTERONE;

ACROSOME; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; EXOCYTOSIS; FERTILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACROSIN; ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENZYME PRECURSORS; HEPARIN; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE; PROGESTERONE; QUERCETIN; SEMEN; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOA; TRYPAN BLUE;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 10844238027     PISSN: 03279545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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