Disruption of the principal, progesterone-activated sperm Ca2+ channel in a CatSper2-deficient infertile patient

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

Volumn 110, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 6823-6828

  Smith, James F ^a   Syritsyna, Olga ^b   Fellousc, Marc ^c   Serres, Catherine ^c   Mannowetz, Nadja ^b   Kirichok, Yuriy ^d   Lishko, Polina V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CatSper ion channel; Male fertility; Nongenomic steroid action; Sperm physiology

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL CATSPER2; PROGESTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CLAMP; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ION CURRENT; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON;

ADULT; CALCIUM CHANNELS; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROGESTERONE; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 84876834762     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1216588110     Document Type: Article

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