The role of actin and myosin during spermatogenesis

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 3993-4001

  Sun, Xiao ^a   Kovacs, Tamas ^b   Hu, Yan Jun ^c   Yang, Wan Xi ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acrosome biogenesis; Actin; Myosin; Nuclear shaping; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; ACTIN REGULATED PROTEIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR; MYOSIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROFRAMOSOME; ACROPLAXOME; ACTIN CONE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSPORT; CYTOSKELETON; DIPLOIDY; DROSOPHILA; ECTOPLASMIC SPECIALIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HAPLOIDY; MALE; MAMMAL; MANCHETTE; MICROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR SHAPE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SHRIMP; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS; MALE; MYOSINS; SPERMATOGENESIS;

CARIDEAN; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MAMMALIA;

EID: 80052504872     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-010-0517-0     Document Type: Article

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