Evidence for the involvement of aquaporins in sperm motility activation of the teleost gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata)

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 880-888

  Zilli, Loredana ^a   Schiavone, Roberta ^a   Chauvigné, François ^b   Cerdà, Joan ^b   Storelli, Carlo ^a   Vilella, Sebastiano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aquaporin; Fish sperm; Gamete biology; Sperm; Sperm motility and transport; Teleost

Indexed keywords

AQUAGLYCEROPORIN; AQUAPORIN; AQUAPORIN 1A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AQUAPORIN 1; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEA BREAM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TELEOST; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOZOON; VIDEORECORDING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; SPARUS AURATA; TELEOSTEI; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; AQUAGLYCEROPORINS; AQUAPORIN 1; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEA BREAM; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 73349104643     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.077933     Document Type: Article

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