Sperm incorporation in Xenopus laevis: Characterisation of morphological events and the role of microfilaments

Zygote

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 167-181

  Boyle, Judith A ^a   Chen, Hui ^a   Bamburg, James R ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Fertilisation body; Jasplakinolide; Latrunculin

Indexed keywords

XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ACTIN; CYCLOPEPTIDE; DEPSIPEPTIDE; FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; JASPAMIDE; LATRUNCULIN A; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; THIAZOLIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL GRANULE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROFILAMENT; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPERMATOZOON; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; CELL DIVISION; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; DEPSIPEPTIDES; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OVUM; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; THIAZOLES; THIAZOLIDINES; TIME FACTORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0035351036     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199401001186     Document Type: Article

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