Fertilization Discovery: Do Sperm Wield Tiny Harpoons? (2 of 2) (IMAGE)

University of Virginia Health System

Fertilization Discovery: Do Sperm Wield Tiny Harpoons? (2 of 2)

Caption

The SLLP1 filament viewed along the side, with each neighboring monomer colored alternatively.

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Heping Zheng, Ph.D., University of Virginia School of Medicine

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