Spermatogenesis in the blue swimming crab, Portunus pelagicus, and evidence for histones in mature sperm nuclei

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 137-150

  Stewart, Michael J ^a   Stewart, Praphaporn ^b   Soonklang, Nantawan ^b   Linthong, Vichai ^c   Hanna, Peter J ^a,c   Duan, Wei ^a   Sobhon, Prasert ^c  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c Mahidol University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Basic nuclear proteins; Portunus pelagicus; Spermatogenesis; Spermatozoa; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; HISTONE H2B; HISTONE H3; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLUE CRAB; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HETEROCHROMATIN; MALE; METAPHASE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTIS; VAS DEFERENS; WESTERN BLOTTING; ACROSOME; ANIMAL; BRACHYURA; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; SWIMMING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CALLINECTES DANAE; PORTUNUS PELAGICUS; TRABECULA;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRACHYURA; CELL NUCLEUS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HISTONES; MALE; SPERM MATURATION; SPERMATOZOA; SWIMMING; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 77955282620     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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