THE CYTOSKELETON OF MAMMALIAN SPERMATOZOA

被引:30
作者
FOUQUET, JP
KANN, ML
机构
[1] Groupe d'Etude de la Formation et de la Maturation du Gamète Mâ, Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire, Université Paris V, 75270 Paris Cedex 06, 45, rue des Saints-Pères
关键词
SPERMATOZOA; ACTIN; CALICIN; CALMODULIN; CYLICIN; TUBULIN;
D O I
10.1016/S0248-4900(94)80001-4
中图分类号
Q2 [细胞生物学];
学科分类号
071009 ; 090102 ;
摘要
The mammalian spermatozoa are endowed with a unique cytoskeleton which consists both of ubiquitous and specific proteins, some of them arising from a gene haploid transcription. In the head, a dense perinuclear layer is made of basic proteins (calicin, cylicin, etc) associated with calmodulin and actin remnants. In the flagellum, the axonemal microtubules are mainly composed of glutamylated tubulin isoforms; the periaxonemal outer dense fibers and fibrous sheath are considered as related cytoskeletal structures on the basis of some common polypeptides.
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