The exocytosis regulatory proteins syntaxin and VAMP are shed from sea urchin sperm during the acrosome reaction

Developmental Biology

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 80-87

  Schulz, J R ^a   Wessel, G M ^b   Vacquier, V D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGULATOR PROTEIN; SYNAPTOBREVIN; SYNTAXIN;

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; EXOCYTOSIS; FERTILIZATION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEA URCHIN; SPERM;

EID: 0031281655     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1997.8712     Document Type: Article

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