Equine sperm membrane phase behavior: The effects of lipid-based cryoprotectants

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 359-365

  Ricker, J V ^a   Linfor, J J ^a   Delfino, W J ^a   Kysar, P ^b   Scholtz, E L ^a   Tablin, F ^a   Crowe, J H ^a   Ball, B A ^a   Meyers, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamete biology; Sperm; Sperm motility and transport

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DILUENT; LIPID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EGG; EGG YOLK; FERTILIZATION; FREEZING; HORSE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; NONHUMAN; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOYBEAN; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; HORSES; LIPIDS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 31044448977     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.105.046185     Document Type: Article

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