Characterisation of fibrous sheath and midpiece fibre network polypeptides of marsupial spermatozoa with a monoclonal antibody

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 461-473

  Harris, M S ^a   Rodger, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brushtail possum; Cytoskeleton; Immunogold electron microscopy; Sperm antigen; Sperm flagellum; Tammar wallaby

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CYTOSKELETON; FERTILIZATION; FLAGELLUM; MALE; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; OPOSSUMS; PEPTIDES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; MACROPUS EUGENII; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PHALANGERIDAE;

EID: 0031781858     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199808)50:4<461::AID-MRD10>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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