Flagellar ion channels of sperm: similarities and differences between species

Cell Calcium

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 105-113

  Miller, Melissa R ^a,c   Mansell, Steven A ^a   Meyers, Stuart A ^b   Lishko, Polina V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Flagellar calcium; Sperm ion channels

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL CATSPER; ION CHANNEL; P2X2 ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL SLO; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL A1; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL M8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 2; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 3; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 4; VOLTAGE GATED PROTON CHANNEL 1; HV1 CHANNEL, HUMAN; SODIUM PROTON EXCHANGE PROTEIN;

CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL PH; CHANNEL GATING; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MALE; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; REVIEW; RODENT; RUMINANT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; ANIMAL; METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MALE; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SODIUM-HYDROGEN ANTIPORTER; SPERM TAIL;

EID: 84930542515     PISSN: 01434160     EISSN: 15321991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2014.10.009     Document Type: Review

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