Expression of tubulin isoforms during the differentiation of mammalian spermatozoa

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 573-583

  Fouquet, J P ^a   Kann, M L ^a   Pechart, I ^a   Prigent, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Axoneme; Glutamylated tubulin; Microtubules; Spermatozoa; Spermiogenesis

Indexed keywords

AZIDE; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; EPITOPE; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AXONEME; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; FLAGELLUM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MICROTUBULE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030693279     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-8166(97)80057-2     Document Type: Article

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