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acroplaxomes

acroplaxomes is the plural of acroplaxome.

Meaning of acroplaxome

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...

Questions about acroplaxomes

What is acroplaxomes the plural of?
Acroplaxomes is the plural of acroplaxome.

Words near acroplaxomes in the dictionary

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

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