Note to users. If you're seeing this message, it means that your browser cannot find this page's style/presentation instructions -- or possibly that you are using a browser that does not support current Web standards. Find out more about why this message is appearing, and what you can do to make your experience of our site the best it can be.

Science 7 April 1978:
Vol. 200. no. 4337, pp. 85 - 86
DOI: 10.1126/science.635579
Prev | Table of Contents | Next

Articles

Science, Vol 200, Issue 4337, 85-86
Copyright © 1978 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

articles

Polyribosomes associated with forming acrosome membranes in guinea pig spermatids

HH Mollenhauer and DJ Morre

Ribosomes, some of which are arranged in polyribosomal configurations, are attached to specialized regions of the acrosomal membrane in guinea pig spermatids. This finding indicates a new functional dimension for the acrosomal membrane, that of protein synthesis, and suggests that during acrosome formation, proteins of the acrosomal membrane or acrosomal contents need not be synthesized before or during passage through the Golgi apparatus.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Mammalian sperm translate nuclear-encoded proteins by mitochondrial-type ribosomes.
Y. Gur and H. Breitbart (2006)
Genes & Dev. 20, 411-416
   Abstract »    Full Text »    PDF »


To Advertise     Find Products

Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)