Is the phosphorylation status of tyrosine proteins a marker for the cryo-capacitation of boar spermatozoa?

Bulletin of the Veterinary Institute in Pulawy

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 229-232

  Wysocki, Paweł ^a   Koncicka, Katarzyna ^a   Strzezek, Jerzy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Boar; Cryopreservation; Phosphorylation; Phosphotyrosine; Semen

Indexed keywords

STRUTHIONIFORMES; SUIDAE;

EID: 69249134270     PISSN: 00424870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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