Characterizing the Glycocalyx of Poultry Spermatozoa: II. in vitro storage of Turkey semen and mobility phenotype affects the carbohydrate component of sperm membrane glycoconjugates

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 431-439

  Peláez, Jesús ^a   Long, Julie A ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Glycoprotein; Lectin; Sperm physiology

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; FUCOSE; GALACTOSE; GLYCOCONJUGATE; MANNOSE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PLANT LECTIN; SIALIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GLYCOCALYX; IN VITRO STUDY; LECTIN BINDING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GLYCOCALYX; GLYCOCONJUGATES; MALE; NEURAMINIDASE; PHENOTYPE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TIME; TURKEYS;

EID: 46449115553     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.107.004259     Document Type: Article

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