Signaling in sperm: Toward a molecular understanding of the acquisition of sperm motility in the mouse epididymis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Vadnais, Melissa L ^a   Aghajanian, Haig K ^a   Lin, Angel ^a   Gerton, George L ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Rodents (rats, mice, guinea pigs, voles); Sperm; Sperm maturation; Sperm motility and transport

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; BUCLADESINE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE ANCHORING PROTEIN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR 3; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR 4; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR 5; MESSENGER RNA; N [2 (4 BROMOCINNAMYLAMINO)ETHYL] 5 ISOQUINOLINESULFONAMIDE; PHOSPHOINOSITIDE DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE 1; SERUM AND GLUCOCORTICOID REGULATED KINASE 1; SERUM AND GLUCOCORTICOID REGULATED KINASE 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPIDIDYMIS; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GERM CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL;

EPIDIDYMIS; RODENTS (RATS, MICE, GUINEA PIGS, VOLES); SPERM; SPERM MATURATION; SPERM MOTILITY AND TRANSPORT;

3-PHOSPHOINOSITIDE-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RODENTIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84901024711     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.113.110163     Document Type: Article

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