Tuning sperm chemotaxis

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1270-1274

  Guerrero, Adán ^a   Wood, Christopher D ^a   Nishigaki, Takuya ^a   Carneiro, Jorge ^b   Darszon, Alberto ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Calcium signalling; Chemotaxis; Fertilization; Flagellum; Sea urchin sperm; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

CELL FUNCTION; CHEMOTAXIS; FERTILIZATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERM; TUNING CURVE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CHEMOTAXIS; FERTILIZATION; MALE; SEA URCHINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 77957278723     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0381270     Document Type: Review

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