Glycerol kinase 2 is essential for proper arrangement of crescent-like mitochondria to form the mitochondrial sheath during mouse spermatogenesis

• मुख्य लेखकों: Keisuke SHIMADA (लेखक), Hirotaka KATO (लेखक), Haruhiko MIYATA (लेखक), Masahito IKAWA (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: The Society for Reproduction and Development, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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The mitochondrial sheath is composed of mitochondria that coil tightly around the midpiece of sperm flagellum. These mitochondria are recruited from the cytoplasm to the flagellum late in spermatogenesis. Initially, recruited mitochondria are spherical-shaped but then elongate laterally to become cr...