Sperm-egg fusion is the prelude to the initial Ca2+ increase at fertilization in the mouse

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 233-241

  Lawrence, Yvonne ^a   Whitaker, Michael ^b   Swann, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium; Fertilization; Mouse; Sperm egg fusion

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CARBACHOL; FLUORESCENT DYE; MUSCARINIC AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EGG; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEMBRANE FUSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; BENZOFURANS; CALCIUM; CELL FUSION; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMIDAZOLES; KINETICS; MALE; MEMBRANE FUSION; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OSCILLOMETRY; OVUM; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031029117     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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