A unique cytoskeleton associated with crawling in the amoeboid sperm of the nematode, Ascaris suum
Nematode sperm extend pseudopods and pull themselves over substrates. They lack an axoneme or the actin and myosins of other types of motile cells, but their pseudopods contain abundant major sperm protein (MSP), a family of 14-kD polypeptides found exclusively in male gametes. Using high voltage el...
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| Language: | English |
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The Rockefeller University Press
1989
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2115364/ |