Immunolocalization of different tubulin epitopes in the spermatozoon of Bacillus rossius (Insecta, Phasmatodea)

Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 635-643

  Taddei, Anna Rita ^a   Gambellini, G ^a   Fausto, A M ^a   Baldacci, A ^a   Mazzini, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Axoneme; Insects; Post translational modifications (PTMs); Spermatozoon; Tubulin isotypes

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; TUBULIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOLOGY; INSECT; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EPITOPES; INSECTS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SPERM TAIL; SPERMATOZOA; TUBULIN;

EID: 0034304648     PISSN: 11229497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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