A novel gene required for male fertility and functional CATSPER channel formation in spermatozoa

Nature Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Chung, Jean Ju ^a,b   Navarro, Betsy ^a,b   Krapivinsky, Grigory ^a,b   Krapivinsky, Luba ^a,b   Clapham, David E ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CATION CHANNEL; CATION CHANNEL OF SPERM PROTEIN 1; CATION CHANNEL OF SPERM PROTEIN 2; CATION CHANNEL OF SPERM PROTEIN 3; CATION CHANNEL OF SPERM PROTEIN 4; CATION CHANNEL OF SPERM PROTEIN DELTA; GENE PRODUCT; GENOMIC DNA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKALINIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; TMEM 146 GENE;

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EID: 78651358912     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1153     Document Type: Article

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