Dynamics of cortical granule exocytosis at fertilization in living mouse eggs

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 270, Issue 5 39-5, 1996, Pages

  Tahara, Masahiro ^a   Tasaka, Keiichi ^a   Masumoto, Nobuyuki ^a   Mammoto, Akiko ^a   Ikebuchi, Yoshihide ^a   Miyake, Akira ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

egg; fluorescence; intracellular free calcium concentration; sperm

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHELATING AGENT; CYTOCHALASIN B; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; EXOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030008499     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1996.270.5.c1354     Document Type: Article

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