title: For male Caenorhabditis elegans, sperm activation is a "just-in-time" event.
authors: Department of Biology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA. dcshak@wm.edu
authors: Diane C
authors: DC
authors: Shakes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology*; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D057850:Hermaphroditic Organisms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D057057:Serine Proteases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D019849:Sex Determination Processes; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; C515185:SWM-1 protein, C elegans; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases; D057057:Serine Proteases; C570576:TRY-5 protein, C elegans