Aminopeptidase-like protease released from oocytes affects oocyte surfaces and suppresses the acrosome reaction in establishment of polyspermy block in oocytes of the mussel Mytilus edulis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 219-227

  Togo, Tatsuru ^a   Morisawa, Masaaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 DICHLOROISOCOUMARIN; AMINOPEPTIDASE; APROTININ; BENZYLSULFONYL FLUORIDE; BESTATIN; LEUPEPTIN; N [N (3 CARBOXYOXIRANE 2 CARBONYL)LEUCYL]AGMATINE; PEPSTATIN; PHENANTHROLINE; PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TOSYLLYSYL CHLOROMETHYL KETONE; TOSYLPHENYLALANYL CHLOROMETHYL KETONE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; MOLLUSC; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; POLYSPERMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; MOLLUSCA; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 0031568852     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.8483     Document Type: Article

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