The spe-42 gene is required for sperm-egg interactions during C. elegans fertilization and encodes a sperm-specific transmembrane protein

Developmental Biology

Volumn 286, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 169-181

  Kroft, Tim L ^a   Gleason, Elizabeth J ^a   L'Hernault, Steven W ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Fertilization; Gamete; Oocyte; Sperm egg interactions; Spermatogenesis; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN SPE 42; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL TRANSFER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FERTILIZATION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HERMAPHRODITISM; MATING; METAZOON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION;

METAZOA;

EID: 25844505696     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.07.020     Document Type: Article

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