The zinc transporter ZIPT-7.1 regulates sperm activation in nematodes.

Sperm activation is a fascinating example of cell differentiation, in which immotile spermatids undergo a rapid and dramatic transition to become mature, motile sperm. Because the sperm nucleus is transcriptionally silent, this transition does not involve transcriptional changes. Although Caenorhabd...

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Main Authors: Yanmei Zhao, Chieh-Hsiang Tan, Amber Krauchunas, Andrea Scharf, Nicholas Dietrich, Kurt Warnhoff, Zhiheng Yuan, Marina Druzhinina, Sam Guoping Gu, Long Miao, Andrew Singson, Ronald E Ellis, Kerry Kornfeld
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-06-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5991658?pdf=render