Sperm BerserKers

Elife. 2013 Oct 8:2:e01469. doi: 10.7554/eLife.01469.

Author

David E Clapham¹

Affiliation

¹ is at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Cardiology , Boston Children's Hospital , Boston , United States , and the Department of Neurobiology , Harvard Medical School , Boston , United States dclapham@enders.tch.harvard.edu.

Abstract

Human sperm cells rely on an unusual type of potassium ion channel.

Keywords: Big Potassium (BK) channel; CatSper; Human; Human KSper; Mouse; Slo1; sperm ion channels; spermatozoa.

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MeSH terms

Humans
Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel alpha Subunits / metabolism*
Male
Spermatozoa / metabolism*

Substances

Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel alpha Subunits