The computational sperm cell

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 198-207

  Alvarez, Luis ^a   Friedrich, Benjamin M ^b   Gompper, Gerhard ^c   Kaupp, U Benjamin ^a  

^a CENTER OF ADVANCED EUROPEAN STUDIES AND RESEARCH CAESAR   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium; Chemotaxis; Cilia; Gradient; Hydrodynamics; Signaling

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHEMOTAXIS; CILIA; GRADIENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; SIGNALING;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CHEMOTAXIS; CILIA; FEMALE; FLAGELLA; HYDRODYNAMICS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OVUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84894375174     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: 18793088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2013.10.004     Document Type: Review

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