The CatSper channel controls chemosensation in sea urchin sperm

EMBO Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 379-392

  Seifert, Reinhard ^a,b   Flick, Melanie ^a   Bönigk, Wolfgang ^a   Alvarez, Luis ^a   Trötschel, Christian ^c   Poetsch, Ansgar ^c   Müller, Astrid ^a   Goodwin, Normann ^b,d   Pelzer, Patric ^b,e   Kashikar, Nachiket D ^b,f   Kremmer, Elisabeth ^g   Jikeli, Jan ^a   Timmermann, Bernd ^h   Kuhl, Heiner ^h   Fridman, Dmitry ^a,b   Windler, Florian ^a,b   Kaupp, U Benjamin ^a,b   Strünker, Timo ^a,b  

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

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^g INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^h MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ca2+ signaling; CatSper; chemotaxis; sperm

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; CHEMOATTRACTANT; CYCLIC GMP; N (2 PHENYLCYCLOPENTYL)AZACYCLOTRIDECAN 2 IMINE; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARBACIA PUNCTULATA; ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL PH; CHEMOTAXIS; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEA URCHIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERM; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARBACIA PUNCTULATA; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CHEMOTAXIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; SEA URCHINS;

EID: 84922255573     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15252/embj.201489376     Document Type: Article

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