Functional significance of the outer dense fibers of mammalian sperm examined by computer simulations with the geometric clutch model

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 258-270

  Lindemann, Charles B ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

axoneme; connecting piece; dynein; fibrous sheath; outer dense fibers; outer doublets; stiffness; t force

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AXONEME; BIOMECHANICS; FLAGELLUM; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MALE; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPERM TAIL;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029764371     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(1996)34:4<258::AID-CM1>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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