Sperm binding properties and secretory activity of the bovine oviduct immediately before and after ovulation

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-74

  Sostaric, Edita ^a   Dieleman, Steph J ^a   Van De Lest, Chris H A ^a   Colenbrander, Ben ^a   Vos, Peter L A M ^a   Garcia Gil, Nuria ^a   Gadella, Bart M ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Oviduct epithelia; Ovulation; Scanning electron microscopy; Sperm binding capacity

Indexed keywords

FUCOSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL SECRETION; CELL STRUCTURE; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; EJACULATION; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EPITHELIUM CELL; EX VIVO STUDY; EXPLANT; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECRETION; SPERM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE CULTURE; UTERINE TUBE MUCOSA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OVIDUCTS; OVULATION; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOA;

BOVINAE;

EID: 36849072713     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20766     Document Type: Article

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