Aquaporin3 is a sperm water channel essential for postcopulatory sperm osmoadaptation and migration
Aquaporin3 is a sperm water channel essential for postcopulatory sperm osmoadaptation and migration
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Chen, Qi , Peng, Hongying , Lei, Li , Zhang, Ying , Kuang, Haibin , Cao, Yujing , Shi, Qi-xian , Ma, Tonghui and Duan, Enkui
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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In the journey from the male to female reproductive tract, mammalian sperm experience a natural osmotic decrease （e.g., in mouse, from ~415 mOsm in the cauda epididymis to -310 mOsm in the uterine cavity）. Sperm have evolved to utilize this hypotonic exposure for motility activation, meanwhile efficiently silence the negative impact of hypotonic ce...
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Aquaporin3 is a sperm water channel essential for postcopulatory sperm osmoadaptation and migration
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3343308
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3343308
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1001-0602
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1748-7838
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10.1038/cr.2010.169
