Sperm-attractant peptide influences the spermatozoa swimming behavior in internal fertilization in Octopus vulgaris

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2229-2237

  De Lisa, Emilia ^a   Salzano, Anna Maria ^b   Moccia, Francesco ^c   Scaloni, Andrea ^b   Di Cosmo, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemoattractant peptide; Octopus vulgaris; Sperm swimming behavior

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDE; TYROSINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMOATTRACTANT PEPTIDE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; OCTOPUS; OCTOPUS VULGARIS; OOCYTE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

CHEMOATTRACTANT PEPTIDE; OCTOPUS VULGARIS; SPERM SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; ITALY; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OCTOPODIFORMES; OVUM; PEPTIDES; PHOSPHORYLATION; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TYROSINE;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; OCTOPUS; OCTOPUS VULGARIS;

EID: 84878551648     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.081885     Document Type: Article

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