FLAGELLAR MOVEMENT AND ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVITY IN SEA URCHIN SPERM EXTRACTED WITH TRITON X-100

Extraction with 0 04% (w/v) Triton X-100 removes the flagellar membrane from sea urchin sperm while leaving the motile apparatus apparently intact When reactivated in a suitable medium containing exogenous adenosine triphosphate (ATP), nearly 100% of the sperm are motile and they swim in a manner r...

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Main Authors: Gibbons, Barbara H., Gibbons, I. R.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1972
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2108865/