The monomeric GTP binding protein, rab3a, is associated with the acrosome in mouse sperm

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 413-421

  Ward, Cynthia R ^a   Faundes, Daniel ^b   Foster, James A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c RANDOLPH MACON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Exocytosis; Rab; Regulated secretion

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN G; RAB PROTEIN;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SECRETION; EXOCYTOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SEMEN ANALYSIS;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOSOL; EXOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; RAB3A GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032990170     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199908)53:4<413::AID-MRD7>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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