Lipid levels in sperm, eggs, and during fertilization in Xenopus laevis

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2365-2378

  Petcoff, Douglas W ^a   Holland, William L ^b   Stith, Bradley J ^b  

^a METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Autotaxin; Diacylglycerol; Phospholipase A2; Phospholipase C; Phospholipase D; Sphingomyelinase

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLIPIN; CERAMIDE; DIACYLGLYCEROL; LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PHOSPHOLIPASE D; PHOSPHOLIPID; PLASMALOGEN; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ASSAY; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIGLYCERIDES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; LIGHT; MALE; OVUM; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 58149471607     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M800159-JLR200     Document Type: Article

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