A flow cytometric assay for global estimation of tyrosine phosphorylation associated with capacitation of spermatozoa from two marsupial species, the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) and the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)

Reproduction

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 95-103

  Sidhu, K S ^a,c   Mate, K E ^a,b   Gunasekera, T ^a   Veal, D ^a   Hetherington, L ^b   Baker, M A ^b   Aitken, R J ^b   Rodger, J C ^a,b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE; STAUROSPORINE; TYROSINE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALOPIAS; MACROPUS; MACROPUS EUGENII; METATHERIA; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 1242318527     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.1.00073     Document Type: Article

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