Sperm from the Atlantic purple sea urchin Arbacia punctulata has become an attractive model for studying biological microswimmers and chemotaxis, primarily because of the ease of establishing chemotactic assays in controlled laboratory conditions. More than 100 years of research uncovered the molecular machinery that is responsible for chemosensation and guidance. The sensitivity of the sperm from A. punctulata reaches the limit of what is physically possible, they are able to detect single molecules of the species-specific chemoattractant released by eggs of the same species. Previous studies have investigated sperm signalling at the stimulus level of single to few chemoattractant molecules. These experiments made use of rapid kinetics tec...
Fertilization is exceptionally complex and, depending on the species, happens in entirely different ...
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Sperm of the sea urchin Arbacia punctulata can respond to a single molecule of chemoattractant relea...
Sperm cells are guided to the egg by chemoattractants in many species. Sperm cells are propelled in ...
Many cells probe their environment for chemical cues. Some cells respond to picomolar concentrations...
Sperm from sea urchins are attracted by chemical cues released by the egg—a mechanism called chemota...
Chemotaxis of sperm is well established in marine invertebrates, such as sea urchin (Morisawa, 1994)...
In order to fertilize the egg, sperm cells orient in a chemical gradient of factors that are secrete...
The sea urchin Arbacia punctulata is a model organism to study sperm chemotaxis and fertilization. A...
Sperm are attracted by chemical factors that are released by the egg-a process called chemotaxis. Mo...
Cilia serve as cellular antennae that translate sensory information into physiological responses. In...
Sperm, navigating in a chemical gradient, are exposed to a periodic stream of chemoattractant molecu...
Sperm chemotaxis is a chemical guiding mechanism that may orient spermatozoa to the egg surface. A p...
In echinoderms, sperm swims in random circles and turns in response to a chemoattractant. The chemoa...
AbstractMarine invertebrate oocytes establish chemoattractant gradients that guide spermatozoa towar...
Fertilization is exceptionally complex and, depending on the species, happens in entirely different ...
© The Author(s), 2014. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attributi...
Sperm of the sea urchin Arbacia punctulata can respond to a single molecule of chemoattractant relea...
Sperm cells are guided to the egg by chemoattractants in many species. Sperm cells are propelled in ...
Many cells probe their environment for chemical cues. Some cells respond to picomolar concentrations...
Sperm from sea urchins are attracted by chemical cues released by the egg—a mechanism called chemota...
Chemotaxis of sperm is well established in marine invertebrates, such as sea urchin (Morisawa, 1994)...
In order to fertilize the egg, sperm cells orient in a chemical gradient of factors that are secrete...
The sea urchin Arbacia punctulata is a model organism to study sperm chemotaxis and fertilization. A...
Sperm are attracted by chemical factors that are released by the egg-a process called chemotaxis. Mo...
Cilia serve as cellular antennae that translate sensory information into physiological responses. In...
Sperm, navigating in a chemical gradient, are exposed to a periodic stream of chemoattractant molecu...
Sperm chemotaxis is a chemical guiding mechanism that may orient spermatozoa to the egg surface. A p...
In echinoderms, sperm swims in random circles and turns in response to a chemoattractant. The chemoa...
AbstractMarine invertebrate oocytes establish chemoattractant gradients that guide spermatozoa towar...
Fertilization is exceptionally complex and, depending on the species, happens in entirely different ...
© The Author(s), 2014. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attributi...
Sperm of the sea urchin Arbacia punctulata can respond to a single molecule of chemoattractant relea...