Acrosome biosynthesis in spermatocytes and spermatids revealed by HPA lectin cytochemistry

Anatomical Record

Volumn 291, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1097-1105

  Valbuena, Galder ^a   Hernández, Francisco ^b   Madrid, Juan Francisco ^b   Sáez, Francisco José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Glycoconjugates; Spermiogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

HELIX POMATIA AGGLUTININ LECTIN; LECTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HELIX LECTIN;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMICAL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GOLGI COMPLEX; HELIX POMATIA; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLEURODELES WALTL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDER; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TESTIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMPHIBIA; PLEURODELES WALTL;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; LECTINS; MALE; PLEURODELES; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOCYTES; TESTIS;

EID: 52049108506     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20721     Document Type: Article

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