Novel actin-related proteins Arp-T1 and Arp-T2 as components of the cytoskeletal calyx of the mammalian sperm head

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 279, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 177-187

  Heid, Hans W ^a   Figge, Ulrike ^a   Winter, Stefanie ^a   Kuhn, Caecilia ^a   Zimbelmann, Ralf ^a   Franke, Werner W ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin related proteins (Arps); Actins; Calyx; Cytoskeleton; Perinuclear theca; Spermatids; Spermatozoa; Spermiogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ANTIBODY; CALICIN; CYCLICIN I; CYCLICIN II; PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IONIC STRENGTH; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SPERM; SPERMATID; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036403819     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/excr.2002.5603     Document Type: Article

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