Fluorescent berberine binding as a marker of internal glycosaminoglycans sulfate in bovine oocytes and sperm cells

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 327-332

  Reyes, Rosalina ^b   Ramirez G ^a   Delgado, N M ^c  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b Ctro de Invest Biomed de Oriente   (Mexico)

^c CENTRO TLAXCALA DE BIOLOGÍA DE LA CONDUCTA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bovine; Fluorescence; Glycosaminoglycan; Marker; Membrane; Oocyte; Sperm

Indexed keywords

BERBERINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN POLYSULFATE; HEPARIN;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CATTLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMICAL BINDING; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FLUORESCENCE; GAMETE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN METABOLISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BERBERINE; CATTLE; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HEPARIN; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OOCYTES; OVARY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 79961179978     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01485010490474733     Document Type: Article

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