Transmembrane adenylyl cyclase regulates amphibian sperm motility through protein kinase A activation

Developmental Biology

Volumn 350, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 80-88

  O'Brien, Emma D ^a   Krapf, Darío ^a   Cabada, Marcelo O ^a   Visconti, Pablo E ^b   Arranz, Silvia E ^a  

^a Instituto de Biologia Molecular y Celular de Rosario   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenylyl cyclase; Amphibia; CAMP dependent kinase; Egg water; Motility activation; Sperm

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; MEMBRANE ENZYME;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TOAD;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; BUFO ARENARUM;

EID: 78651253965     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.11.019     Document Type: Article

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