Characterization of the sleepy sperm mutant in the fern Ceratopteris richardii: A new model for the study of axonemal function

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1602-1617

  Renzaglia, Karen S ^a   Wood, Kelly Davidson ^a   Rupp, Gerald ^b   Hickok, Leslie G ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axoneme; Microtubule; Motility mutant; Sperm cell; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; GENES; MUTAGENESIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MICROTUBULE SYSTEMS; MUTANT SPERM CELLS; SINGLE GENE MUTATION; SPERM MOTILITY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

SPERM;

CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; GENES; MUTATION; PLANTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BRYOPHYTES; CERATOPTERIS RICHARDII; FILICOPHYTA; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 11244267037     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B04-125     Document Type: Article

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