Sperm thermotaxis

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 252, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 115-119

  Bahat, Anat ^a   Eisenbach, Michael ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Female genital tract; Fertilization; Guidance (sperm); Spermatozoa (mammalian); Thermosensing (sperm); Thermotaxis (sperm)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSE; THERMAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MAMMALS; OVUM; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33745188258     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2006.03.027     Document Type: Article

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