Sak57, an acidic keratin initially present in the spermatid manchette before becoming a component of paraaxonemal structures of the developing tail

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 395-407

  Tres, Laura L ^a   Kierszenbaum, Abraham L ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibrous sheath; Microtubules; Nuclear shaping; Outer dense fibers; Spermiogenesis

Indexed keywords

KERATIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AXONEME; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; MALE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON TAIL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029767395     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2795(199607)44:3<395::aid-mrd13>3.0.co;2-#     Document Type: Article

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