Aquaporins Are Essential to Maintain Motility and Membrane Lipid Architecture During Mammalian Sperm Capacitation

Aquaporins are a family of ubiquitous transmembrane proteins that allow the transport of water and small molecules across the cell plasma membrane. The different members of this family present a characteristic distribution across different cell types, which is species-specific. In mammalian sperm, d...

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Main Authors: Ariadna Delgado-Bermúdez, Sandra Recuero, Marc Llavanera, Yentel Mateo-Otero, Andra Sandu, Isabel Barranco, Jordi Ribas-Maynou, Marc Yeste
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcell.2021.656438/full