ISSN:
0886-1544
Keywords:
cell motility
;
singlet microtubules
;
dynein
;
coccid insect
;
aflagellate spermatozoa
;
Life and Medical Sciences
;
Cell & Developmental Biology
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
In this report we demonstrate that in the coccid insects Pseudococcus, Phenacoccus, and Planococcus the whole spermatozoon is made up by a nuclear central core surrounded by two complete and one incomplete turns of concentric microtubule palisades. Microtubules of the outer row are linked by a system of short projections 6 nm long; those of the inner row are linked to each other by similar arms; a second system of 6 nm arms links the tubules of each inner row to those of the respective outer row. All these systems of arms are longitudinally spaced every ∼ 12 nm. The motility of this spermatozoon is due to waves progressing from the posterior extremity to the anterior one. By SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis a group of high molecular weight polypeptides is detected, one of which migrates in coincidence with the A dynein band from sea urchin sperm. Our data suggest that occurrence in coccid spermatozoon of a motility due to singlet tubules-dynein interaction.
Additional Material:
11 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cm.970020202
