Compartmentalisation of the sperm plasma membrane: A FRAP, FLIP and SPFI analysis of putative diffusion barriers on the sperm head

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 117, Issue 26, 2004, Pages 6485-6495

  James, Peter S ^a   Hennessy, Conor ^a   Berge, Torunn ^b   Jones, Roy ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compartmentalisation; Diffusion barriers; Equatorial segment; Lipid rafts; Sperm plasma membrane

Indexed keywords

1,1' DIOCTADECYL 3,3,3',3' TETRAMETHYLINDOCARBOCYANINE; LIPID; PROTEIN;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POLARITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FILTER; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; HYPOTHESIS; LIPID RAFT; MEMBRANE COMPONENT; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; SWINE; TIME;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; CARBOCYANINES; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CELL MEMBRANE; DIFFUSION; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; FLUORESCENT DYES; KINETICS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOBLEACHING; SPERM HEAD; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 13444270655     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.01578     Document Type: Article

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