Characterization and subcellular localization of Tektin 3 in rat spermatozoa

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 611-620

  Takiguchi, Hiroe ^a   Murayama, Emi ^a   Kaneko, Takane ^a   Kurio, Hitoshi ^a   Toshimori, Kiyotaka ^b   Iida, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; DITHIOTHREITOL; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SPERGEN 1; SPETEX 1; TEKTIN 3; TEKTIN 3 ANTIBODY; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DISULFIDE BOND; EPIDIDYMIS; FLAGELLUM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGOLD ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; DITHIOTHREITOL; EDETIC ACID; FLAGELLA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MICROTUBULE PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; RATS; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SPERM HEAD; SPERMATOZOA;

MAMMALIA; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 80051801790     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.21352     Document Type: Article

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