Mobilisation of stored calcium in the neck region of human sperm - A mechanism for regulation of flagellar activity

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 615-626

  Bedu Addo, Kweku ^a   Costello, Sarah ^b   Harper, Claire ^c   Machado Oliveira, Gisela ^b   Lefievre, Linda ^b   Ford, Christopher ^b   Barratt, Christopher ^d   Publicover, Stephen ^b  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium; Calcium store; Hyperactivation; Nitric oxide; Sperm

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; CALCIUM ION; NITRIC OXIDE; PROGESTERONE; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POLARITY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FLAGELLUM; HUMAN; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SODIUM CALCIUM EXCHANGE; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 54249161503     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.072535kb     Document Type: Article

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