Cytochalasin B inhibits sperm penetration into eggs of Urechis caupo (Echiura)

Developmental Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1977, Pages 11-22

  Gould Somero, M ^a   Holland, L ^a   Paul, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHALASIN B; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; EGTAZIC ACID; GLUCOSE; TRYPSIN;

EGG; FERTILIZATION; FISH; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMAL; ANNELIDA; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOCHALASIN B; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; OVUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0017737062     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-1606(77)90071-9     Document Type: Article

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