L-Arginine promotes capacitation and acrosome reaction in cryopreserved bovine spermatozoa

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1674, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 215-221

  O'Flaherty, Cristian ^a,c   Rodriguez, Pablo ^a   Srivastava, Sudha ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; l Arginine; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; Sperm capacitation

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SCAVENGER;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

BOVINAE; LETHRINIDAE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; ARGININE; CATTLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 7044240982     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2004.06.020     Document Type: Article

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