A nematode gene required for sperm vesicle fusion

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1073-1081

  Achanzar, William E ^a,b   Ward, Samuel ^a  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

fer 1 gene; Membrane fusion; Membranous organelle; Nematode spermiogenesis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ORGANELLE; MEMBRANE FUSION; MISSENSE MUTATION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL VESICLE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, HELMINTH; GENOME; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 0030972880     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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