Structure of the acrosomal bundle

Nature

Volumn 431, Issue 7004, 2004, Pages 104-107

  Schmid, Michael F ^a   Sherman, Michael B ^a,c   Matsudaira, Paul ^b   Chiu, Wah ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; SCRUIN PROTEIN, HORSESHOE CRAB; F ACTIN; PROTEIN; SCRUIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; ELASTICITY; LIMULUS; MALE; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CROSS LINKING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENERGY; FERTILIZATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPERM; STANDARD;

ACROSOME; ACTINS; ANIMALS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELASTICITY; HORSESHOE CRABS; MALE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY;

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYMERIZATION;

ACROSOMAL BUNDLES; STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION;

PROTEINS;

BIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; LIMULUS;

EID: 4544327988     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02881     Document Type: Letter

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