Immunochemical characterization of a human sperm fibrous sheath protein, its developmental expression pattern, and morphogenetic relationships with actin

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 909-922

  Escalier, Denise ^a,d   Gallo, Jean Marc ^c   Schrével, Joseph ^b  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Actin; Cytoskeleton; Flagellum; Human spermatozoa; Intermediate filaments; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ACTIN FILAMENT; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AXONEME; CYTOSKELETON; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MORPHOGENESIS; MYELIN SHEATH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; MACACA FASCICULARIS;

EID: 0030871591     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215549704500701     Document Type: Article

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