Sperm-derived WW domain-binding protein, PAWP, elicits calcium oscillations and oocyte activation in humans and mice

FASEB Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 4434-4440

  Aarabi, Mahmoud ^a,b   Balakier, Hanna ^c   Bashar, Siamak ^c   Moskovtsev, Sergey I ^c,d   Sutovsky, Peter ^e   Librach, Clifford L ^c,d   Oko, Richard ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CReATe Fertility Centre   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Reproductive biology

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CALCIUM; PAWP PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARRIER PROTEIN; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEIN; WBP2NL PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL ACTIVATION; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MICROINJECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PROTEIN MOTIF; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; ZYGOTE; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CARRIER PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; OOCYTES; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEINS;

EID: 84907709243     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.14-256495     Document Type: Article

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