Calcium signaling surrounding fertilization in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Cell Calcium

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 2-9

  Singaravelu, Gunasekaran ^a   Singson, Andrew ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rutgers University   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium wave; Inositol triphosphate (IP3); ITR 1; Meiotic maturation; Membranous organelle (MO); Ovulation; Sheath cells; SPE 38; Spermatheca; Spermiogenesis; Store operated calcium entry (SOCE); TRP 3 SPE 41

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CALCIUM ION; CALMODULIN; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL 3;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL ORGANELLE; CHANNEL GATING; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FERTILIZATION; MEIOSIS; MEMBRANE FUSION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84873164442     PISSN: 01434160     EISSN: 15321991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2012.11.009     Document Type: Article

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