'Keratinous' state of Eledone cirrhosa sperm cells and their special nuclear protein

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 283, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 580-589

  Gimenez Bonafe P ^a   Ribes, E ^b   Kasinsky, H E ^c   Subirana, J A ^a   Chiva, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 0033135243     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19990501)283:6<580::AID-JEZ10>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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