title: Sperm BerserKers.
abstract: Human sperm cells rely on an unusual type of potassium ion channel.
authors.affiliation: is at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Cardiology , Boston Children's Hospital , Boston , United States , and the Department of Neurobiology , Harvard Medical School , Boston , United States dclapham@enders.tch.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: David E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Clapham
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D051037:Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel alpha Subunits / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D051037:Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel alpha Subunits
keywords: Big Potassium (BK) channel; CatSper; Human; Human KSper; Mouse; Slo1; sperm ion channels; spermatozoa