Localized depolymerization of the major sperm protein cytoskeleton correlates with the forward movement of the cell body in the amoeboid movement of nematode sperm

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1087-1095

  Italiano Jr , Joseph E ^a,c   Stewart, Murray ^b   Roberts, Thomas M ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Amoeboid motility; Lamellipodium; Major sperm protein; Retraction

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ARSENOSOBENZENE; DIMERCAPROL;

ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; CYTOSKELETON; DEPOLYMERIZATION; LAMELLIPODIUM; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ASCARIS SUUM;

EID: 0032843103     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.146.5.1087     Document Type: Article

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