Use of cholesterol in sperm cryopreservation: Present moment and perspectives to future

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 45, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages 57-66

  Moce E ^a   Blanch, E ^a   Tomas C ^a   Graham, J K ^b  

^a INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; CYCLODEXTRIN; MEMBRANE LIPID; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; PROCEDURES; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CHOLESTEROL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; CYCLODEXTRINS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 77954070526     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2010.01635.x     Document Type: Article

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