Temporal sampling, resetting, and adaptation orchestrate gradient sensing in sperm

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 198, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1075-1091

  Kashikar, Nachiket D ^a,b,e   Alvarez, Luis ^a,b   Seifert, Reinhard ^a,b   Gregor, Ingo ^b,c   Jäckle, Oliver ^a,b   Beyermann, Michael ^d   Krause, Eberhard ^d   Benjamin Kaupp, U ^a,b  

^a CENTER OF ADVANCED EUROPEAN STUDIES AND RESEARCH CAESAR   (Germany)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR MOLEKULARE PHARMAKOLOGIE   (Germany)

^e MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CHEMOATTRACTANT;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CHEMOTAXIS; DIFFUSION; DYNAMICS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEA URCHIN; SPERM; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; MALE; SEA URCHINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 84869123559     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 15408140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201204024     Document Type: Article

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