Increase in intracellular pH induces phosphorylation of axonemal proteins for activation of flagellar motility in starfish sperm

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 4411-4418

  Nakajima, Ayako ^a   Morita, Masaya ^b   Takemura, Akihiro ^b   Kamimura, Shinji ^a   Okuno, Makoto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axoneme; cAMP independent; Flagellar motility; Intracellular pH; Protein phosphorylation; Regulation; Sperm; Starfish

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLAGELLUM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MALE; METABOLISM; PH; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STARFISH;

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLAGELLA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; STARFISH;

ASTERIAS; ASTEROIDEA; ECHINOIDEA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 29744464965     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01906     Document Type: Article

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