Sperm equatorial segment protein 1, SPESP1, is required for fully fertile sperm in mouse

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 123, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1531-1536

  Fujihara, Yoshitaka ^a   Murakami, Masao ^a   Inoue, Naokazu ^a   Satouh, Yuhkoh ^a   Kaseda, Kazuhiro ^a   Ikawa, Masahito ^a   Okabe, Masaru ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Equatorial segment; Fertilization; Knockout mouse; Sperm egg fusion

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SPERM EQUATORIAL SEGMENT PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HAPLOTYPE; MALE; MEMBRANE FUSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPERM;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEINS; SPERMATOZOA;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 77951751489     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.067363     Document Type: Article

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