The Caenorhabditis elegans spe-38 gene encodes a novel four-pass integral membrane protein required for sperm function at fertilization

Development

Volumn 132, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2795-2808

  Chatterjee, Indrani ^a   Richmond, Alissa ^b   Putiri, Emily ^a,c   Shakes, Diane C ^b   Singson, Andrew ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Fertilization; Oocyte; spe 38; Sperm; Tetraspan

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN SPE 38; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMETE; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPODIUM; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TIGHT JUNCTION; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OOCYTES; OVULATION; SPERMATOZOA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA; METAZOA; PSEUDOPODA;

EID: 21644489538     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.01868     Document Type: Article

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