Biogenesis of the sperm head perinuclear theca during human spermiogenesis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1472-1473

  Alvarez Sedó, Cristian ^a,b   Oko, Richard ^c   Sutovsky, Peter ^d   Chemes, Héctor ^b   Rawe, Vanesa Y ^a  

^a Centro de Estudios en Ginecologia y Reproduccion Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

acrosome; Perinuclear theca; spermiogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PERINUCLEAR THECA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON;

ACROSOME; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL NUCLEUS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MORPHOGENESIS; SPERM HEAD; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 70349579711     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.12.051     Document Type: Article

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