Mouse sperm exhibit chemotaxis to allurin, a truncated member of the cysteine-rich secretory protein family

Developmental Biology

Volumn 360, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 318-328

  Burnett, Lindsey A ^a,c   Anderson, Douglas M ^a,d   Rawls, Alan ^a   Bieber, Allan L ^b   Chandler, Douglas E ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Crisp proteins; Fertilization; Frog egg jelly; Reproductive protein evolution; Sperm chemotaxis; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

ALLURIN; SECRETORY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMOKINESIS; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MIDPIECE; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; TIME LAPSE IMAGING; XENOPUS;

ANURA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 82555168353     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.09.028     Document Type: Article

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