PROPERTIES OF FLAGELLAR "RIGOR WAVES" FORMED BY ABRUPT REMOVAL OF ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE FROM ACTIVELY SWIMMING SEA URCHIN SPERM
Sea urchin sperm were demembranated and reactivated with a solution containing 0.04% Triton X-100 and 0.03 mM ATP. The ATP concentration was then lowered abruptly by diluting the sperm suspension 50-fold into reactivating solution containing no ATP. The flagella of the sperm in the diluted suspensi...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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The Rockefeller University Press
1974
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2109359/ |