Presence of F-actin in sperm head of Armadillidium peraccae (Isopoda, Oniscidea)

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Trovato, M ^a   Mazzei, V ^a   Sinatra, F ^a   Longo, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

FITC phalloidin; Phalloidin gold complex; Sperm motility; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; PHALLOIDIN;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ARMADILLIDIUM PERACCAE; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL INTERACTION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTRIOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GAMETE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; ISOPODA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ARMADILLIDIUM PERACCAE; ISOPODA; ONISCIDEA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 80052914502     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: 15323072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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