Microtubules and spermatogenesis

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 30, Issue , 2014, Pages 45-54

  O'Donnell, Liza ^a,b   O'Bryan, Moira K ^b  

^a HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flagella; Meiosis; Microtubules; Sperm; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR;

AXONEME; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SHAPE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; EJACULATION; FLAGELLUM; GENETICALLY ENGINEERED MOUSE STRAIN; GERM CELL; HUMAN; MALE FERTILITY; MEIOSIS; MEIOTIC SPINDLE; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON HEAD; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANIMAL; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; SPINDLE APPARATUS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICROTUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; SPINDLE APPARATUS;

EID: 84901624902     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2014.01.003     Document Type: Review

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