The LINC complex component Sun4 plays a crucial role in sperm head formation and fertility

Biology Open

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1792-1802

  Pasch, Elisabeth ^a   Link, Jana ^a,b   Beck, Carolin ^a   Scheuerle, Stefanie ^a   Alsheimer, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Linc complex; Nuclear envelope; Sperm head formation; Spermiogenesis; Sun domain proteins

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; HEAD; MALE FERTILITY; MAMMAL; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; PHENOTYPE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SUN;

EID: 84982859481     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20466390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/bio.015768     Document Type: Article

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