New insights into the mechanism of fertilization in nematodes

International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 289, Issue , 2011, Pages 211-238

  Singaravelu, Gunasekaran ^a   Singson, Andrew ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Major sperm protein; Meiotic maturation; Oocyte; Spermatid; Spermatozoa; Spermiogenesis

Indexed keywords

MAJOR SPERM PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BOOK; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL INTERACTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FERTILIZATION; MEIOSIS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ASCARIS SUUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 79960147221     PISSN: 19376448     EISSN: 19376448     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-386039-2.00006-7     Document Type: Chapter

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