Rheotaxis guides mammalian sperm

Current Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 443-452

  Miki, Kiyoshi ^a   Clapham, David E ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CATSPER1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COPULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OVIDUCT; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS); SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; COPULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MALE; MICE; OVIDUCTS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS;

ECHINOIDEA; MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84875233266     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.02.007     Document Type: Article

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