Assembly of the fluorescent acrosomal matrix and its fate in fertilization in the water strider, Aquarius remigis

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 226, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 999-1006

  Miyata, Haruhiko ^a   Noda, Naoki ^b   Fairbairn, Daphne J ^a   Oldenbourg, Rudolf ^b   Cardullo, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUARIUS REMIGIS; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; GASTRULATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; ZYGOTE;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FLAVIN-ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; HEMIPTERA; MALE; SPERM HEAD; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; AQUARIUS REMIGIS; GERRIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79251472728     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: 10974652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.22413     Document Type: Article

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