Role of posttranslational modifications in C. elegans and ascaris spermatogenesis and sperm function

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 759, Issue , 2014, Pages 215-239

  Miao, Long ^a   L'Hernault, Steven W ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acyl transferase; Ascaris suum; C. elegans; Dephosphorylation; Major sperm protein; Phosphorylation; Proteolysis; spe mutant; Spermatogenesis; Ubiquitination

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; PROTEIN GSP 3; PROTEIN GSP 4; PROTEIN MSP; PROTEIN SPE 10; PROTEIN SPE 4; PROTEIN SPE 6; PROTEIN SPE 8; PROTEIN TRY 5; PROTEIN UBI 1; PROTEIN WEE 1.3; SERINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; UBIQUITIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARNITINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; CELL PROTEIN; MAJOR SPERM PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; SERINE PROTEINASE;

AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CATALYST; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; FILOPODIUM; IN VITRO STUDY; LAMELLIPODIUM; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PSEUDOPODIUM; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MOTILITY; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERTILIZATION; MEIOSIS; OOCYTE; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEXUAL MATURITY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON;

EID: 84934437983     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: 22148019     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-817-2_10     Document Type: Article

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