Milk caseins decrease the binding of the major bovine seminal plasma proteins to sperm and prevent lipid loss from the sperm membrane during sperm storage

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 120-126

  Bergeron, Annick ^a   Brindle, Yves ^b   Blondin, Patrick ^c   Manjunath, Puttaswamy ^a  

^a MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Centre d'Insémination Artificielle du Québec   (Canada)

^c L'Alliance Boviteq   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Gamete biology; Male reproductive tract; Sperm motility and transport; Sperm preservation

Indexed keywords

CASEIN; CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; MILK PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PROTECTION; CELL VIABILITY; COW; EGG YOLK; MALE; MILK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; CASEINS; CATTLE; COLD; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MICELLES; PROTEIN BINDING; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SEMINAL VESICLE SECRETORY PROTEINS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS;

BOVINAE;

EID: 34250810735     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.106.058248     Document Type: Article

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