Ca2+ spikes in the flagellum control chemotactic behavior of sperm

EMBO Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 2741-2752

  Böhmer, Martin ^a   Van, Qui ^a   Weyand, Ingo ^a   Hagen, Volker ^b   Beyermann, Michael ^b   Matsumoto, Midori ^c   Hoshi, Motonori ^c   Hildebrand, Eilo ^a   Kaupp, Ulrich Benjamin ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR MOLEKULARE PHARMAKOLOGIE   (Germany)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyclic nucleotides; Sea urchin; Signaling; Sperm activating peptides; Starfish

Indexed keywords

ASTEROSAP; CALCIUM ION; CHEMOATTRACTANT; CYCLIC GMP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CALCIUM; PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTERIAS; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL FUNCTION; CHEMOTAXIS; EVOKED RESPONSE; FLAGELLUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA URCHIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SPIKE WAVE; ANIMAL; ARBACIA; CYTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RESACT; SPERMATOZOON; TIME;

ARBACIA PUNCTULATA; ASTERIAS AMURENSIS; ASTEROIDEA; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; ARBACIA; ASTERIAS; CALCIUM; CHEMOTAXIS; CYCLIC GMP; FLAGELLA; MALE; PEPTIDES; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 23844482546     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600744     Document Type: Article

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