Sperm chemotaxis: A primer

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1061, Issue , 2005, Pages 221-225

  Hildebrand, E ^a   Kaupp, U B ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium; Cyclic nucleotides; Ion channels; Motor response; Signaling

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CALCIUM ION; CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE; ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION;

ANIMAL CELL; CHEMOTAXIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; INVERTEBRATE; MALE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEA URCHIN; SPERM; STARFISH;

ANIMALIA; ASTEROIDEA; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 32244446277     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1336.024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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