The arduous way to the egg: Follow the nose

Bartram, S.; Boland, W.

doi:10.1002/anie.200301676

Item

ITEM ACTIONSEXPORT

Add to Basket

Local TagsRelease HistoryDetailsSummary

Released

Journal Article

The arduous way to the egg: Follow the nose

MPS-Authors

/persons/resource/persons3791

Bartram, S.
Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Max Planck Society;

/persons/resource/persons3812

Boland, W.
Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Max Planck Society;

External Resource

No external resources are shared

Fulltext (restricted access)

There are currently no full texts shared for your IP range.

Fulltext (public)

There are no public fulltexts stored in PuRe

Supplementary Material (public)

There is no public supplementary material available

Citation

Bartram, S., & Boland, W. (2003). The arduous way to the egg: Follow the nose. Angewandte Chemie, International Edition in English, 42(39), 4729-4731. doi:10.1002/anie.200301676.

Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0012-9E85-3

Abstract

The scent of success! On their way to the ovum, human sperms are guided by chemical signals, which may be related to the scent of the lily of the valley. para‐Substituted 3‐phenylpropanals such as cyclamal and bourgeonal are recognized by an olfactory receptor of the sperm and trigger an influx of Ca2+ ions via cAMP as a second messenger. The signal modulates the swimming behavior and speed of the sperm. Undecanal acts as an antagonist and makes the sperm cells slow and disorientated.