Glycocalyx characterisation and glycoprotein expression of Sus domesticus epididymal sperm surface samples

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 619-630

  Fàbrega, Anna ^a   Puigmulé, Marta ^a   Dacheux, Jean Louis ^b   Bonet, Sergi ^a   Pinart, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

Author keywords

boar; epididymis; flow cytometry; immunocytochemistry

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTIN; AGGLUTININ; AGGLUTININ A; GLYCOPROTEIN; LECTIN; SOYBEAN AGGLUTININ; ULEX EUROPAEUS AGGLUTININ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EJACULATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; EPIDIDYMIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GLYCOCALYX; LECTIN BINDING; LENS CULIMARIS; LENTIL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PEA; PEANUT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SOYBEAN; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SUS DOMESTICUS; SWINE; TRITICUM VULGARIS; ULEX EUROPAEUS; WHEAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, INBRED STRAINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EPIDIDYMIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GLYCOCALYX; GLYCOPROTEINS; LECTINS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SPERM HEAD; SPERM MIDPIECE; SPERM TAIL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 84860177400     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD11064     Document Type: Article

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