Perinuclear theca during spermatozoa maturation leading to fertilization

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 76-87

  Mújica, Adela ^a   Navarro Garciá, Fernando ^a   Hernández González, Enrique O ^a   Juárez Mosqueda, María de Lourdes ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Calicin; Proteins from PT; PT functions; PT substructure; Sperm head cytoskeleton

Indexed keywords

MAMMALS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CALICIN; CYTOSKELETONS; FERTILISATION; METABOLIC PATTERNS; PERINUCLEAR THECA FUNCTION; PERINUCLEAR THECA SUBSTRUCTURE; PROTEIN FROM PERINUCLEAR THECA; SPERM HEAD CYTOSKELETON; SPERM MATURATION; SPERM STRUCTURE;

PROTEINS;

NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL METABOLISM; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOSKELETON; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PERINUCLEAR THECA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0344490344     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.10318     Document Type: Article

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