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acroplaxome

acroplaxome noun: a structure that lies between the membranes of the acrosome and nucleus of a spermatozoon.

Noun

acroplaxome (plural acroplaxomes)

  1. A structure that lies between the membranes of the acrosome and nucleus of a spermatozoon.
    • Herein, we report the structural characterization of a plate present in the subacrosomal space and linking the developing acrosome to the spermatid nucleus. This plate, which we designate acroplaxome (from the Greek words akros, topmost; platys, flat; sõma, body), consists of F-actin and Sak57 and...2003 November, Abraham L. Kierszenbaum, “Acroplaxome, an F-Actin–Keratin-containing Plate, Anchors the Acrosome to the Nucleus during Shaping of the Spermatid Head”, in Molecular Biology of the Cell...
    • Concomitantly, pro-acrosomal vesicles derived from the TMF -/- Golgi lacked targeting properties and did not tether to the spermatid nuclear membrane thereby failing to form the acrosome anchoring scaffold, the acroplaxome, around the cell-nucleus.2015 December 24, “TMF/ARA160 Governs the Dynamic Spatial Orientation of the Golgi Apparatus during Sperm Development”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of acroplaxome

pluralacroplaxomes

Origin of acroplaxome

According to the authors of its first attestation, from acro- + Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “flat”) + -some, but synonymous πλάξ (pláx) fits better.

Questions about acroplaxome

What does acroplaxome mean?
Acroplaxome means a structure that lies between the membranes of the acrosome and nucleus of a spermatozoon.
What part of speech is acroplaxome?
Acroplaxome is a noun.
What is the plural of acroplaxome?
The plural of acroplaxome is acroplaxomes.

Words near acroplaxome in the dictionary

  1. acrophysalides
  2. acrophysalidic
  3. acrophyte
  4. acrophytes
  5. acropigmentation
  6. acroplaxome
  7. acroplaxomes
  8. acropleura
  9. acropleurogenous
  10. acropleurogenously
  11. acropleuron

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