Ca2+ bursts occur around a local minimal concentration of attractant and trigger sperm chemotactic response

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 49, 2008, Pages 19312-19317

  Shiba, Kogiku ^a   Baba, Shoji A ^b   Inoue, Takafumi ^c   Yoshida, Manabu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Calcium; Chemotaxis; Fertilization; Flagella

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CHEMOATTRACTANT; SPERM ACTIVATING PEPTIDE; CALCIUM; CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR; NICKEL;

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CHEMOTAXIS; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; ANIMAL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; DRUG EFFECT; FERTILIZATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ASCIDIA;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; CHEMOTAXIS; CIONA INTESTINALIS; FERTILIZATION; MALE; NICKEL; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM TAIL; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 58049202801     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0808580105     Document Type: Article

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