Progesterone's gateway into sperm

Steve Publicover () and Christopher Barratt ()
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Steve Publicover: Steve Publicover is in the School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.
Christopher Barratt: Christopher Barratt is in the School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK.

Nature, 2011, vol. 471, issue 7338, 313-314

Abstract: The hormone progesterone rapidly activates intracellular signalling in human sperm, regulating key aspects of their physiology. An ion channel unique to the sperm tail seems to relay progesterone's signal. See Letters p.382 & p.387 See Clarification p.598

Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1038/471313a

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