Article
Evidence for an increased sensitivity to Ca2+ in the flagella of sperm from tw32/+mice.
Molecular reproduction and development - 1 May 1990
Lindemann C B, Goltz J S, Kanous K S, Gardner T K, Olds-Clarke P
Abstract excerpt
The majority of sperm from mice carrying the tw32 haplotype undergo hyperactivation sooner than sperm from +/+ mice of the same strains (Olds-Clarke, Dev Biol 131:475-482, 1989). To investigate the mechanism underlying this abnormal motility, the Ca2+ sensitivity of their flagellar apparatus was compared to that of age- and strain-matched controls using Triton X-100-extracted sperm. Under these conditions, the...
Topics
- Adenosine Triphosphate
- Animals
- Calcium
- Genotype
- Haplotypes
- Male
- Mice
- Procaine
- Sperm Motility
- Sperm Tail
- Spermatozoa