Electron microscopic observations of human sperm whole-mounts after extraction for nuclear matrix and intermediate filaments (NM-IF)

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 291-295

  Markova, Maya Dyankova ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Intermediate filaments; Sperm; Subacrosomal; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS MATRIX; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXTRACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; METHODOLOGY; MICROTUBULE; MITOCHONDRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

CELL FRACTIONATION; EJACULATION; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; MALE; NUCLEAR MATRIX; SPERM HEAD; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 5644301011     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2004.00479.x     Document Type: Article

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