Repetitive calcium waves induced by fertilization in the nemertean worm Cerebratulus lacteus

Developmental Biology

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 243-263

  Stricker, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; DEXTRAN; HEPARIN; INOSITOL TRISPHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RHODAMINE; RYANODINE; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; WORM; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA; CEREBRATULUS LACTEUS; NEMERTEAN;

EID: 0029894506     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0131     Document Type: Article

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