Trypanosomes and mammalian sperm: one of a kind?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 71-77

  Oberholzer, Michael ^a   Bregy, Patrick ^a   Marti, Gabriela ^a   Minca, Mihaela ^a   Peier, Martin ^a   Seebeck, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PROTEOME;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL TYPE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; EVOLUTION; FLAGELLATE; FLAGELLUM; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVIEW; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; TRYPANOSOMA;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; FLAGELLA; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; NUCLEOTIDES, CYCLIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA;

KINETOPLASTIDA; MAMMALIA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 33846562476     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2006.12.002     Document Type: Review

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