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Sperm Head
Known as:
Caput (Spermatozoon)
, Head of the Spermatozoon
, Caput of spermatozoon
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The anterior portion of the spermatozoon (SPERMATOZOA) that contains mainly the nucleus with highly compact CHROMATIN material.
National Institutes of Health
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ACRBP protein, human
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Process of secretion
Spermatid
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Acrosome
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Spermatogenesis
sperm cell
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Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
The interaction between exogenous DNA and sperm cells
M. Lavitrano
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D. French
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M. Zani
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L. Frati
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C. Spadafora
Molecular Reproduction and Development
1992
Corpus ID: 9640343
Epididymal sperm cells, incubated with plasmid DNA, showed a spontaneous tendency to interact with the exogenous nucleic acid. We…
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Review
1984
Review
1984
THE IMPORTANCE OF HYDROLYTIC ENZYMES TO AN EXOCYTOTIC EVENT, THE MAMMALIAN SPERM ACROSOME REACTION
S. Meizel
Biological Reviews of The Cambridge Philosophical…
1984
Corpus ID: 9384766
The mammalian sperm acrosome reaction is a unique form of exocytosis, which includes the loss of the involved membranes. Other…
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Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Anti-tubulin immunofluorescence microscopy of microtubules present during the pronuclear movement of sea urchin fertilization.
T. Bestor
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Gerald Schatten
Developmental Biology
1981
Corpus ID: 29437430
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Significance of the equatorial segment of the acrosome of the spermatozoon in eutherian mammals.
J. Bedford
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H.D.M. Moore
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L. Franklin
Experimental Cell Research
1979
Corpus ID: 1652986
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
An electron microscope study of spermiogenesis in the teleost fish Oligocottus maculosus.
H. Stanley
Journal of Ultrastructure Research
1969
Corpus ID: 34168771
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Ultrastructural changes in the sperm head during fertilization in the rabbit.
J. Bedford
American Journal of Anatomy
1968
Corpus ID: 508215
Spermatozoa have been observed with the electron microscope at various stages of their approach to and penetration of the rabbit…
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Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Zona Pellucida Dissolution Enzymes of the Rabbit Sperm Head
R. Stambaugh
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J. Buckley
Science
1968
Corpus ID: 45907212
Enzymes which dissolve the zona pellucida have been extracted from the rabbit sperm head and characterized as having the enzymic…
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Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
The association between microtubules and nuclei during spermiogenesis in the dragonfly.
R. G. Kessel
Journal of Ultrastructure Research
1966
Corpus ID: 35132634
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
Chronology of nucleic acid synthesis in meiosis of the male Chinese hamster.
T. Utakoji
Experimental Cell Research
1966
Corpus ID: 13302238
Highly Cited
1962
Highly Cited
1962
Removal of decapacitation factor from seminal plasma by high-speed centrifugation.
J. M. Bedford
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M. Chang
American Journal of Physiology
1962
Corpus ID: 27922214
The fertilizing ability of capacitated rabbit sperm is inhibited by mixing with seminal plasma; this is termed "decapacitation…
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