Calcium signaling through CatSper channels in mammalian fertilization

Physiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 165-175

  Ren, Dejian ^a   Xia, Jingsheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CATSPER1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; FERTILIZATION; GENETICS; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, ANIMAL; SPERM MOTILITY;

EID: 77955538603     PISSN: 15489213     EISSN: 15489221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00049.2009     Document Type: Review

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