Adding cholesterol to the stallion sperm plasma membrane improves cryosurvival

Cryobiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 241-249

  Moore, Amanda I ^a   Squires, Edward L ^a   Graham, James K ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Cryopreservation; Cyclodextrin; Equine; Membrane; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CYCLODEXTRIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FREEZING; GEL; LIQUID; MALE; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; THAWING; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHOLESTEROL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; CYCLODEXTRINS; FEMALE; HORSES; MALE; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; EQUIDAE;

EID: 28744447598     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: 10902392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2005.07.004     Document Type: Article

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