Hydrostatic pressure shows that lamellipodial motility in Ascaris sperm requires membrane-associated major sperm protein filament nucleation and elongation

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 367-375

  Roberts, Thomas M ^a   Salmon, E D ^b   Stewart, Murray ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; CYTOSKELETON; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LAMELLIPODIUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; ASCARIS SUUM; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MALE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; ASCARIS; ASCARIS SUUM; NEMATODA; PSEUDOPODA;

EID: 0032567683     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.140.2.367     Document Type: Article

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