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A nematode gene required for sperm vesicle fusion.

Journal of cell science - 1 May 1997

Achanzar W E, Ward S

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During maturation of spermatids to motile spermatozoa in Caenorhabditis elegans, large vesicles called membranous organelles (MOs) fuse with the spermatid plasma membrane. Mutations in the gene fer-1 cause abnormal spermatozoa in which the MOs do not fuse, although they abut the plasma membrane normally. Here we describe the fer-1 gene, which we found to be approximately 8.6 kb in length and to encode a 6.2 kb...

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PMID: 9175703
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.110.9.1073

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