Calaxin drives sperm chemotaxis by Ca2+-mediated direct modulation of a dynein motor

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 50, 2012, Pages 20497-20502

  Mizuno, Katsutoshi ^a   Shiba, Kogiku ^a   Okai, Masahiko ^b   Takahashi, Yusuke ^b   Shitaka, Yuji ^c   Oiwa, Kazuhiro ^c   Tanokura, Masaru ^b   Inaba, Kazuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Ca2+ binding protein; Ciliary axoneme; Ciona

Indexed keywords

CALAXIN; CALCIUM ION; CALCIUM IONOPHORE; CHEMOATTRACTANT; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CHEMOTAXIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLAGELLUM; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CARBAMATES; CHEMOTAXIS; CIONA INTESTINALIS; DYNEINS; INTRACELLULAR CALCIUM-SENSING PROTEINS; MALE; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; PIPERIDINES; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM TAIL; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; CIONA;

EID: 84870899834     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1217018109     Document Type: Article

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