Sperm and oocyte communication mechanisms controlling C. elegans fertility

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 239, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1265-1281

  Han, Sung Min ^a   Cottee, Pauline A ^a   Miller, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

ALS; C. Elegans; Cancer; Eicosanoid; Eph receptor; Fertilization; MSP; Oocyte; Oocyte maturation; Prostaglandin; PUFA; SMA; Sperm; VAPB

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; PROTEIN MSP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FERTILIZATION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; OOCYTES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 77951542750     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22202     Document Type: Review

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