Acroplaxome, an F-Actin-Keratin-containing Plate, Anchors the Acrosome to the Nucleus during Shaping of the Spermatid Head

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 4628-4640

  Kierszenbaum, Abraham L ^a   Rivkin, Eugene ^a   Tres, Laura L ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; KERATIN; KERATIN SAK57; TRITON X 100; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROPLAXOME; ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ELONGATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; EXTRACTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON;

ACROSOME; ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE LIBRARY; HUMANS; KERATIN-5; KERATINS; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; RATS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SKIN; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0344392821     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E03-04-0226     Document Type: Article

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