Drosophila Sperm Swim Backwards in the Female Reproductive Tract and Are Activated via TRPP2 Ion Channels

Michael Köttgen; Alexis Hofherr; Weizhe Li; Kristy Chu; Stacey Cook; Craig Montell; Terry Watnick

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020031

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Drosophila Sperm Swim Backwards in the Female Reproductive Tract and Are Activated via TRPP2 Ion Channels

Michael Köttgen ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Michael Köttgen, Alexis Hofherr, Weizhe Li

* E-mail: michael.koettgen@uniklinik-freiburg.de (MK); twatnick@jhmi.edu (TW)

Current address: Division of Nephrology and Spemann Graduate School, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg Germany

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Departments of Biological Chemistry and Neuroscience, Center for Sensory Biology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Alexis Hofherr ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Michael Köttgen, Alexis Hofherr, Weizhe Li

Current address: Division of Nephrology and Spemann Graduate School, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg Germany
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Weizhe Li ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Michael Köttgen, Alexis Hofherr, Weizhe Li

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Kristy Chu,

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Stacey Cook,

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Craig Montell,

Affiliation Departments of Biological Chemistry and Neuroscience, Center for Sensory Biology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Terry Watnick

* E-mail: michael.koettgen@uniklinik-freiburg.de (MK); twatnick@jhmi.edu (TW)

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Drosophila Sperm Swim Backwards in the Female Reproductive Tract and Are Activated via TRPP2 Ion Channels

Michael Köttgen,
Alexis Hofherr,
Weizhe Li,
Kristy Chu,
Stacey Cook,
Craig Montell,
Terry Watnick

Published: May 20, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020031

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