Seminal Plasma Proteins as Modulators of the Sperm Function and Their Application in Sperm Biotechnologies

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL.3, 2012, Pages 12-21

  Caballero, I ^a   Parrilla, I ^b   Alminana C ^a   del Olmo, D ^b   Roca, J ^b   Martinez E A ^b   Vazquez J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CHEMISTRY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEINS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84861698672     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2012.02028.x     Document Type: Article

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