Stimulation of cortical actin polymerization in the sea urchin egg cortex by NH4Cl, procaine and urethane: Elevation of cytoplasmic pH is not the common mechanism of action

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 210-224

  Begg, David A ^a   Wong, Gene K ^a   Hoyle, Duncan H R ^a   Baltz, Jay M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

actin; anesthetics; cytoskeleton; fertilization; pH; sea urchin; weak base

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; PROCAINE; URETHAN;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ARTICLE; CELL PH; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA URCHIN;

ACTINS; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ANIMALS; CYTOPLASM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OVUM; PROCAINE; SEA URCHINS; URETHANE;

ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 0029957634     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(1996)35:3<210::AID-CM4>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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