Actin polymerization in the equatorial and postacrosomal regions of guinea pig spermatozoa during the acrosome reaction is regulated by G proteins

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 198-210

  Delgado Buenrostro, Norma Laura ^a   Hernández González, Enrique O ^a   Segura Nieto, Magdalena ^a   Mújica, Adela ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Arp2 3; GDP S; GTP S; Lysophosphatidic acid; Profilin; Rho GTPases; WASp

Indexed keywords

ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 3; F ACTIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE 5' O (2 THIODIPHOSPHATE); GUANOSINE 5' O (3 THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID; PROFILIN; PROTEIN CDC42; PROTEIN WASP; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHOB GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME REACTION; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; EGG; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; THECA CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 2; ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 3; ACTINS; ANIMALS; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GUANOSINE 5'-O-(3-THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); GUINEA PIGS; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPIDS; MALE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PROFILINS; PROTEINS; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RHOB GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOA; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 11244275411     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20192     Document Type: Article

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