Regulation of sperm flagellar motility activation and chemotaxis caused by egg-derived substance(s) in sea cucumber

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 202-214

  Morita, Masaya ^a   Kitamura, Makoto ^b   Nakajima, Ayako ^c   Susilo, Endang Sri ^d   Takemura, Akihiro ^a   Okuno, Makoto ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d DIPONEGORO UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ca +; Chemotaxis; Phosphorylation; Sea cucumber; Sperm flagellar motility

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AXONEME; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CHORION; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; EGG; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLAGELLUM; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEA CUCUMBER; SPERM;

ANIMALS; AXONEME; CALCIUM; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; FEMALE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; OVUM; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; SEA CUCUMBERS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM TAIL; SPERMATOZOA;

HOLOTHURIA ATRA; HOLOTHUROIDEA; PHOS;

EID: 63849255050     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: 10970169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cm.20343     Document Type: Article

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