Microtubular system during spermiogenesis and in the spermatozoon of Convoluta saliens (Platyhelminthes, Acoela): Tubulin immunocytochemistry and electron microscopy

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 74-85

  Raikova, Olga I ^b   Justine, Jean Lou ^a,b  

^a ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Acoela; Phylogeny; Platyhelminthes; Spermatozoa; Tubulin; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; AXONEME; CENTRIOLE; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLATYHELMINTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON;

EID: 0032890277     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199901)52:1<74::AID-MRD10>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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