Regulation of sperm activation by SWM-1 is required for reproductive success of C. elegans males

Current Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 252-263

  Stanfield, Gillian M ^a,b   Villeneuve, Anne M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RED DYE CMXROS; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SWM 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; SWM-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MOTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FERTILITY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE REPRESSION; GENETICS; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL MOVEMENT; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; FERTILITY; GENITALIA, MALE; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; NEMATODA;

EID: 31944436084     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.12.041     Document Type: Article

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