Conserved ram seminal plasma proteins bind to the sperm membrane and repair cryopreservation damage

Theriogenology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 436-447

  Bernardini, A ^a,b   Hozbor, F ^a   Sanchez, E ^a   Fornes M W ^c   Alberio, R H ^a   Cesari, A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ram; Semen cryopreservation; Seminal plasma proteins; Sperm

Indexed keywords

SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FRACTIONATION; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; MALE; SEMEN; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEINS; SHEEP; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 79959832613     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.02.020     Document Type: Article

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