The acrosome-acroplaxome-manchette complex and the shaping of the spermatid head

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 271-284

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; AFADIN; CELL PROTEIN; F ACTIN; MYOSIN VA; NECTIN 2; NECTIN 3; RAB PROTEIN; RAB27A PROTEIN; RAB27B PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME; CENTROSOME; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOPLASM; GOLGI COMPLEX; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON TAIL;

ACROSOME; ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASMIC VESICLES; CYTOSKELETON; GOLGI APPARATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROTUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 13444302486     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.67.271     Document Type: Conference Paper

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