γ-tubulin during the differentiation of spermatozoa in various mammals and man

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1122-1129

  Fouquet, J P ^a   Kann, M L ^a   Combeau, C ^b   Melki, R ^c  

^a Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire   (France)

^b SANOFI   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE D ENZYMOLOGIE ET BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALES   (France)

Author keywords

tubulin; Centrioles; MTOC; Spermatid; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AXONEME; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CENTRIOLE; CENTROSOME; CHROMOSOME NOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABELING INDEX; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CRICETINAE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GUINEA PIGS; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMALS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; RABBITS; RATS; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOZOA; TUBULIN;

ANIMALIA; ASTER; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031743460     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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