Viability tests, active caspase-3 and -7, and chromatin structure in ram sperm selected using the swim-up procedure

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 169-176

  Pichardo, Ana I ^a   Aragón Martínez, Andrés ^a   Ayala Escobar, María E ^b   Domínguez Vara, Ignacio A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Apoptosis markers; Membrane integrity; Mitochondrial function; Semen analysis; Semen processing

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAM (SHEEP); SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SWIM UP TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATIN; DNA FRAGMENTATION; MALE; SHEEP; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 77950940005     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.108.007021     Document Type: Article

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