The structural mechanism of trypsin-induced intrinsic motility in Manduca sexta spermatozoa in vitro

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 245-255

  Friedländer, Michael ^a   Jeshtadi, Ananya ^b   Reynolds, Stuart E ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eupyrene apyrene; Lepidopteran sperm motility; Seminal vesicles; Spermatheca; Trypsine induced sperm motility

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE; PYRENE; TRYPSIN;

ARTICLE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FERTILIZATION; HATCHING; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

EID: 0035138424     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(00)00109-8     Document Type: Article

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