New insights towards understanding the mechanisms of sperm protection by egg yolk and milk

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1338-1344

  Bergeron, Annick ^a   Manjunath, Puttaswamy ^a  

^a MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diluters; Egg yolk; Extenders; Low density lipoproteins; Milk; Seminal plasma proteins; Sperm preservation

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; CASEIN; CHOLESTEROL; GLYCEROL; LIPID BINDING PROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; EGG YOLK; MICELLE; MILK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION;

ANIMALS; EGG YOLK; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MALE; MILK; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SEMINAL VESICLE SECRETORY PROTEINS; SPERMATOZOA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33748288400     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20565     Document Type: Article

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