The response of bovine spermatozoa to bicarbonate and its use to assess the influence of added oviductal epithelial proteins on cryopreservation

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 407-415

  Prathalingam, Niledran S ^a,b,d   Watson, Paul F ^a,b   Revell, Stuart G ^c   Busby, Jennifer ^a   Holt, William V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c GENUS PLC   (United States)

^d Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ampulla; Isthmus; Motility; Sperm oviduct interactions

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CRYOPRESERVATION; EJACULATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UTERUS FLUID;

ANIMALS; BICARBONATES; CATTLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; MALE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 34247468825     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.106.001594     Document Type: Article

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