Tuning sperm chemotaxis by calcium burst timing

Developmental Biology

Volumn 344, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-65

  Guerrero, Adan ^a   Nishigaki, Takuya ^a   Carneiro, Jorge ^b   Yoshiro Tatsu, ^c   Wood, Christopher D ^a   Darszon, Alberto ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Fertilization; Flagella; Sea urchin sperm; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; POLYPEPTIDE; SPERACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL STIMULATION; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; LYTECHINUS; LYTECHINUS PICTUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS;

ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; LYTECHINUS PICTUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS;

EID: 77955054097     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.04.013     Document Type: Article

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