Immunocytochemical localization and biochemical characterization of two seminal plasma proteins that protect ram spermatozoa against cold shock

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 539-549

  Barrios, Beatriz ^a   Fernández Juan, Marta ^a   Muiño Blanco, Teresa ^a   Cebrián Pérez, José A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b Lab Genet Bioquim Grupos S   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Capacitation; Immunocytochemistry

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PLASMA PROTEIN; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEIN; SERINE; THREONINE;

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; COLD STRESS; COW; CYTOCHEMISTRY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GAMETE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

ACROSOME REACTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; COLD; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SHEEP; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 20544460230     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.04172     Document Type: Article

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