Isolation of a spermatozoal immobilization factor from Staphylococcus aureus filtrates

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 874-878

  Prabha, Vijay ^a   Gupta, Tanushree ^a   Kaur, Siftjit ^a   Kaur, Navchetan ^a   Kala, Sushila ^a   Singh, Arvind ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Immobilization; Scanning electron microscopy; Spermatozoa; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE COMPONENTS; AMMONIUM SULFATE PRECIPITATION; BIOACTIVE MOLECULES; CELL-FREE; CONCENTRATION OF; HUMAN SPERMATOZOA; IMMOBILIZATION; IN-VITRO; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MULTIPLE DEFECTS; SPERMATOZOA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANES; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; GELATION; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION EXCHANGE; SCANNING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

CELL IMMOBILIZATION;

AMMONIUM SULFATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SPERM IMMOBILIZATION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACTIVITY; DISEASE CONTROL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INFERTILITY; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPERM; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL VIABILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERNATANT; UTERINE CERVIX;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SPERM IMMOBILIZING AGENTS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 68149122342     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W09-032     Document Type: Article

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