Compliance in the neck structures of the guinea pig spermatozoon, as indicated by rapid freezing and electron microscopy

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 213, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 336-341

  Woolley, David M ^a   Carter, D A ^a   Tilly, G N ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connecting piece; Flagellar motility; Guinea pig; Hyperactivation; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREEZING; GUINEA PIG; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SPERMATOZOON MIDPIECE; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL;

ANIMALS; COMPLIANCE; FREEZE SUBSTITUTION; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SPERM MIDPIECE;

CAVIA;

EID: 50849085439     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2008.00919.x     Document Type: Article

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