Simulation of the fertilization Ca2+ wave in Xenopus laevis eggs

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 2088-2097

  Wagner, John ^a   Li, Yue Xian ^a   Pearson, John ^b   Keizer, Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; INOSITOL TRISPHOSPHATE; INOSITOL 1,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EGG; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FERTILIZATION; NONHUMAN; SIMULATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; KINETICS; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; INOSITOL 1,4,5-TRISPHOSPHATE; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OOCYTES; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031595471     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77651-9     Document Type: Article

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