The micronutrient element zinc modulates sperm activation through the SPE-8 pathway in Caenorhabditis elegans

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 140, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2103-2107

  Liu, Zhiyu ^a,b   Chen, Lianwan ^a   Shang, Yunlong ^a,b   Huang, Ping ^a,b   Miao, Long ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

C. elegans; SPE 8 pathway; Sperm activation; Zinc

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CALCIUM ION; IRON; MAGNESIUM ION; NICKEL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ACTIVATION; EXOCYTOSIS; HERMAPHRODITISM; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; FEMALE; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOA; TEMPERATURE; ZINC;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84877038231     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.091025     Document Type: Article

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