Outer Dense Fiber Of Spermatozoa

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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Function 3 More General Terms 4 Additional Terms 5 References

Introduction

• Filamentous structure(s) located on the outside of the axoneme in the midpiece and principal piece of the mammalian sperm tail.

Function

• may help to maintain the passive elastic structures & elastic recoil of the sperm tail
• could be involved in sperm tail structure, sperm movement & general organization of cellular cytoskeleton

More General Terms

• organelle

Additional Terms

• outer dense fiber protein (ODF1, ODFP)

References

1. UniProt [1]
2. UniProt [2]

outer dense fiber (ODF) of spermatoza