The Caenorhabditis elegans spe-26 gene is necessary to form spermatids and encodes a protein similar to the actin-associated proteins kelch and scruin

Genes and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1995, Pages 1074-1086

  Varkey, Jacob P ^a,b   Muhlrad, Paul J ^a   Minniti, Alicia N ^a   Do, Bao ^a   Ward, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

intracellular localization; kelch repeats; meiosis; sperm differentiation; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GLYCINE; KELCH PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; SCRUIN PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; MALE STERILITY; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; POX VIRUS;

EID: 0029042690     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.9.9.1074     Document Type: Article

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