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Outer Dense Fiber Assembly

Outer Dense Fiber Assembly is a structural developmental process in spermiogenesis characterized by the formation of filamentous protein complexes surrounding the axoneme in the sperm flagellum, which provides mechanical support and elastic resilience essential for sperm motility.

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The fine structure and development of the neck region of the mammalian spermatozoon

Don W. Fawcett, David M. Phillips · The Anatomical Record · 1969 · 261 citations

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The Major Fibrous Sheath Polypeptide of Mouse Sperm: Structural and Functional Similarities to the A-Kinase Anchoring Proteins

Alfonso Carrera, George L. Gerton, Stuart B. Moss · Developmental Biology · 1994 · 213 citations · Full text

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The fine structure of bat spermatozoa

Don W. Fawcett, Susumu Ito · American Journal of Anatomy · 1965 · 178 citations

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The Small Heat Shock Protein ODF1/HSPB10 Is Essential for Tight Linkage of Sperm Head to Tail and Male Fertility in Mice

Kefei Yang, Andreas Meinhardt, Bing Zhang et al. · Molecular and Cellular Biology · 2011 · 155 citations · Full text

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The sperm outer dense fiber protein is the 10th member of the superfamily of mammalian small stress proteins

Jean‐Marc Fontaine, Joshua S. Rest, Michael J. Welsh et al. · Cell Stress and Chaperones · 2003 · 145 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. RO
    Richard Oko

    Queen's University, Canada

    9 publications · 649 citations

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  2. SH
    Sigrid Hoyer‐Fender

    University of Göttingen, Germany

    9 publications · 476 citations

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  3. FA
    Frans A. van der Hoorn

    University of Calgary, Canada

    7 publications · 320 citations

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  4. PB
    Peter Burfeind

    University of Göttingen, Germany

    4 publications · 178 citations

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  5. YC
    Y. Clermont

    McGill University, Canada

    4 publications · 397 citations

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Institutions

112

  1. University of Calgary

    Calgary, Canada

    10 h-index

    34 publications

    1.3K citations

  2. University of Göttingen

    Göttingen, Germany

    9 h-index

    29 publications

    2.5K citations

  3. Queen's University

    Kingston, Canada

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    584 citations

  4. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    1.1K citations

  5. Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen

    Giessen, Germany

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    849 citations

  6. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    980 citations

  7. Université Libre de Bruxelles

    Brussels, Belgium

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    132 citations

  8. Monash University

    Melbourne, Australia

    3 h-index

    11 publications

    687 citations

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  1. Molecular Reproduction and Development

    14 publications · 643 citations

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  2. Biology of Reproduction

    11 publications · 434 citations

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  3. The Anatomical Record

    6 publications · 690 citations

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  4. Journal of Biological Chemistry

    JBC · 5 publications · 407 citations

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  5. PubMed

    Repository · 3 publications · 104 citations

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