Modifications of surface carbohydrates on bovine spermatozoa mediated by oviductal fluid: A flow cytometric study using lectins

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 108-114

  Taitzoglou, Ioannis A ^a,b   Kokoli, Alexandra N ^a   Killian, Gary J ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate residues; FITC lectins; Oviductal fluid; Sperm capacitation

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; CARBOHYDRATE; CONCANAVALIN A; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; FUCOSE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; LECTIN; MANNOSE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; SUGAR; ULEX EUROPAEUS AGGLUTININ; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL LABELING; CELL SURFACE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; INCUBATION TIME; LECTIN BINDING; LECTIN BINDING SITE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CARBOHYDRATE INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; UTERINE TUBE FLUID; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CARBOHYDRATES; CATTLE; CELL MEMBRANE; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LECTINS; MALE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 33947622078     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2006.00717.x     Document Type: Article

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