| Title |
Expression of Tas1 Taste Receptors in Mammalian Spermatozoa: Functional Role of Tas1r1 in Regulating Basal Ca2+ and cAMP Concentrations in Spermatozoa
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, February 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0032354 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Dorke Meyer, Anja Voigt, Patricia Widmayer, Heike Borth, Sandra Huebner, Andreas Breit, Susan Marschall, Martin Hrabé de Angelis, Ulrich Boehm, Wolfgang Meyerhof, Thomas Gudermann, Ingrid Boekhoff |
| Abstract |
During their transit through the female genital tract, sperm have to recognize and discriminate numerous chemical compounds. However, our current knowledge of the molecular identity of appropriate chemosensory receptor proteins in sperm is still rudimentary. Considering that members of the Tas1r family of taste receptors are able to discriminate between a broad diversity of hydrophilic chemosensory substances, the expression of taste receptors in mammalian spermatozoa was examined. |
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| Canada | 2 | 2% |
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| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 58 | 46% |
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| Researcher | 15 | 18% |
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| Professor > Associate Professor | 7 | 8% |
| Other | 15 | 18% |
| Unknown | 10 | 12% |
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| Other | 9 | 11% |
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