Membrane phase behavior during cooling of stallion sperm and its correlation with freezability

Molecular Membrane Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 95-106

  Oldenhof, Harriëtte ^a   Friedel, Katharina ^a,b   Akhoondi, Maryam ^c   Gojowsky, Marina ^a,b   Wolkers, Willem F ^c   Sieme, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b National Stud Lower Saxony   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Membrane hydraulic permeability

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CYCLODEXTRIN; GLYCEROL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMATIN; COOLING; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTION; FREEZING; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; STALLION; TEMPERATURE; WATER TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; GLYCEROL; HORSES; MALE; PHASE TRANSITION; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84862538698     PISSN: 09687688     EISSN: 14645203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09687688.2012.674161     Document Type: Article

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