Calcium signaling and the MAPK cascade are required for sperm activation in Caenorhabditis elegans

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Cell Research

Volumn 1843, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 299-308

  Liu, Zhiyu ^a,b,c   Wang, Bin ^a,d   He, Ruijun ^a   Zhao, Yanmei ^a   Miao, Long ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Calcium; Major Sperm Protein; MAPK; Sperm activation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; INOSITOL 1,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE RECEPTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; PSEUDOPODA;

C. ELEGANS; CALCIUM; MAJOR SPERM PROTEIN; MAPK; SPERM ACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MALE; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRONASE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; SULFONES; TRYPSIN; ZINC;

EID: 84890170888     PISSN: 01674889     EISSN: 18792596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2013.11.001     Document Type: Article

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