Relative levels of semen platelet activating factor-receptor (PAFr) and ubiquitin in yearling bulls with high content of semen white blood cells: Implications for breeding soundness evaluation

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 92-108

  Sutovsky, P ^a   Plummer, W ^b   Baska, K ^a   Peterman, K ^b   Diehl, J R ^c   Sutovsky, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bull; Fertility; PAF; Sperm

Indexed keywords

THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR RECEPTOR; UBIQUITIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; BULL (BOVINE); CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCROTUM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BREEDING; CATTLE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; PLATELET MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SEMEN; UBIQUITIN;

EID: 33845969507     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.106.000216     Document Type: Article

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