Immunocytochemical localization of tubulins in spermatids and spermatozoa of Euptoieta hegesia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 81-89

  Mancini, Kazinha ^a   Bao S N ^b   Fernandes, A P ^b   Dolder, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apyrene; Eupyrene; Immunocytochemistry; Lacinate appendages; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; GAMMA TUBULIN; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 14544268958     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2004.10.008     Document Type: Article

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