Biomarker-based nanotechnology for the improvement of reproductive performance in beef and dairy cattle

Industrial Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-30

  Sutovsky, Peter ^a   Kennedy, Chelsey E ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

artificial insemination; biomarker; fertility; flow cytometry; lectin; livestock; nanoparticle; nanopurification; semen; sperm; ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; FERTILITY; LECTIN; LIVESTOCK; NANOPURIFICATION; SEMEN; SPERM; UBIQUITIN;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMARKERS; BODY FLUIDS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

PROTEINS;

EID: 84874070222     PISSN: 15509087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ind.2012.0035     Document Type: Article

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