Ca2+ oscillations in the activation of the egg and development of the embryo in mammals

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-10

  Jones, Keith T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium; Egg; Fertilization; Inner cell mass; Inositol trisphosphate; Mammals; Preimplanation development

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; CALMODULIN; CYTOSTATIC AGENT; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; GLUCOSAMINE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; INOSITOL TRISPHOSPHATE; MATURATION PROMOTING FACTOR; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PROTAMINE KINASE; PROTEIN; RECEPTOR; RYANODINE RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN; STRONTIUM; THIOMERSAL; CALCIUM;

CELL CYCLE; EGG; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FERTILIZATION; MAMMAL; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PARTHENOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERM; ANIMAL; BLASTOCYST; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CALCIUM; CELL CYCLE; FERTILIZATION; MAMMALS; MEIOSIS; OVUM; PARTHENOGENESIS;

EID: 0031594507     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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