Structural organization of the "zipper line" in Drosophila species with giant spermatozoa

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-54

  Dallai, Romano ^a   Mercati, David ^a   Giusti, Fabiola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drosophila sperm ultrastructure; Flagellar axoneme; Freeze fracture replicas; Membrane specializations

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AXONEME; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FERTILIZATION; FLAGELLUM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GLYCOCALYX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERMATOZOON; TORSION;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FREEZE FRACTURING; LECTINS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERM HEAD; SPERM TAIL; SPERMATOZOA;

DROSOPHILA BIFURCA; DROSOPHILA HYDEI; DROSOPHILA KANEKOI; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 37349013376     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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