Fine surface structure of bovine acrosome-intact and reacted spermatozoa observed by atomic force microscopy

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 293-298

  Saeki, Kazuhiro ^a   Sumitomo, Norio ^a   Nagata, Yuki ^a   Kato, Nobuhiro ^a   Hosoi, Yoshihiko ^a   Matsumoto, Kazuya ^a   Iritani, Akira ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Atomic force microscope; Bovine; Fine surface structures; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE;

EID: 23044512170     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.16068     Document Type: Article

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