Identification of the sperm motility-initiating substance in the newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster, and its possible relationship with the acrosome reaction during internal fertilization

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 591-597

  Watanabe, Toshihiko ^a   Kubo, Hideo ^b   Takeshima, Shinya ^a   Nakagawa, Mami ^a   Ohta, Manami ^a   Kamimura, Saori ^a   Takayama Watanabe, Eriko ^c   Watanabe, Akihiko ^a   Onitake, Kazuo ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c Yamagata Junior College   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Egg jelly; Internal fertilization; Newt; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME REACTION INDUCING SUBSTANCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; SPERM MOTILITY INITIATING SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYNOPS PYRRHOGASTER; FERTILIZATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; NEWT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GELS; MALE; MICE; OVIDUCTS; OVUM; SALAMANDRIDAE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

CYNOPS PYRRHOGASTER; MUS; SALAMANDRIDAE;

EID: 77950522024     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.092894tw     Document Type: Article

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