Cholesterol and the biosynthesis of glycosphingolipids are required for sperm activation in Caenorhabditis elegans

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids

Volumn 1821, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 934-942

  Dou, Jiangli ^a   Chen, Lianwan ^a   Hu, Youqiao ^a   Miao, Long ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Lipid microdomains; Major sperm protein (MSP); Sperm activation; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPID; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL ANCHORED PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERMAPHRODITISM; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID MEMBRANE; LIPOGENESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERM; SPERMATID; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL FUSION; CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FILIPIN; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS; HERMAPHRODITIC ORGANISMS; MALE; MEMBRANE MICRODOMAINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MONENSIN; PROTON IONOPHORES; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84859640842     PISSN: 13881981     EISSN: 18792618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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