Three-dimensional structure of the bovine sperm connecting piece revealed by electron cryotomography

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Ounjai, Puey ^a   Kim, Keunhwan D ^a   Lishko, Polina V ^b   Downing, Kenneth H ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Axoneme; Centriole; Electron cryotomography; Flagella; Outer dense fiber; Sperm neck

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AXONEME; BULL (BOVINE); CENTRIOLE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM CONNECTING PIECE; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPERM MIDPIECE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; VIDEO RECORDING;

BOVINAE;

EID: 84869410586     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.112.101980     Document Type: Article

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