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Sperm are promiscuous and CatSper is to blame…
Author(s) -
Barratt Christopher LR,
Publicover Stephen J
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the embo journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.484
H-Index - 392
eISSN - 1460-2075
pISSN - 0261-4189
DOI - 10.1038/emboj.2012.62
Subject(s) - blame , medical school , reproductive biology , biology , library science , medicine , medical education , genetics , embryo , computer science , embryogenesis , psychiatry
A wide variety of small organic molecules including odorants control sperm chemotaxis. A new study demonstrates that these compounds directly activate the calcium channel CatSper, inducing calcium influx independently of G protein‐coupled receptor signalling.
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