The inhibition of motility of demembranated spermatozoa by anti-tubulin antibodies

Cell Structure and Function

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 455-463

  Oka, Mikako T ^a   Nakajima, Yoko ^a   Obika, Masataka ^a   Arai, Takao ^b   Nakayama, Yukimaro ^a   Hamaguchi, Yukihisa ^c  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distribution of tubulin isoform; Flagella; Immunostaining; Sea urchin; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AXONEME; FLAGELLUM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA URCHIN; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALIA; ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 0030693964     PISSN: 03867196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1247/csf.22.455     Document Type: Article

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