Structure and function of asterosaps, sperm-activating peptides from the jelly coat of starfish eggs

Zygote

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 237-245

  Nishigaki, Takuya ^a   Chiba, Kazuyoshi ^a   Miki, Wataru ^a,b   Hoshi, Motonori ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b SUNTORY LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Fertilisation; Peptide; Sperm activation; Starfish egg coat

Indexed keywords

ASTERIAS AMURENSIS; ASTEROIDEA; ECHINOIDEA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ARIS PROTEIN, ASTERIAS AMURENSIS; EGG PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; PEPTIDE;

ACROSOME; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STARFISH; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ACROSOME; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EGG PROTEINS; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; STARFISH; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0030202724     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199400003154     Document Type: Article

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