Ca2+ signalling in the control of motility and guidance in mammalian sperm

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 13, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 5623-5637

  Publicover, Stephen John ^a   Giojalas, Laura Cecilia ^b   Teves, Maria Eugenia ^b   De Oliveira, Gisela Sofia Mendes MacHado ^a   Garcia, Aduen Andres Morales ^a   Barratt, Christopher Lowther Robert ^c   Harper, Claire Victoria ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium; Calcium Store; CatSper; Chemotaxis; Hyperactivation; Motility; Progesterone; Review; Ryanodine Receptor; Sperm

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

CALCIUM; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MALE; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMALS; NUCLEOTIDES, CYCLIC; PROGESTERONE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 52049086661     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/3105     Document Type: Review

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