A novel mechanism of sperm motility in a viscous environment: Corkscrew-shaped spermatozoa cruise by spinning

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 281-291

  Muto, Kohei ^a   Kubota, Hiroshi Y ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axoneme; Dynein; Foam nest; Rhacophorus; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AXONEME; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VISCOSITY;

AMPHIBIAN PROTEINS; ANIMALS; AXONEME; CELL SHAPE; DYNEIN ATPASE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; RANIDAE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; VISCOSITY;

HYLIDAE; RHACOPHORUS; RHACOPHORUS ARBOREUS;

EID: 66849099879     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: 10970169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cm.20358     Document Type: Article

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