Mechanisms leading to cortical reaction in the mammalian egg

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 295-303

  Raz, Tamar ^a   Skutelsky, Ehud ^a   Amihai, Dina ^a   Hammel, Ilan ^a   Shalgi, Ruth ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Calcium; Cortical granules; Exocytosis; Fertilization; Protein kinase C

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; IONOMYCIN; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PROTEIN KINASE C;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXOCYTOSIS; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; NONHUMAN; PARTHENOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; EXOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; OOCYTES; PROTEIN KINASE C; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; LENS CULINARIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031687184     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199811)51:3<295::AID-MRD9>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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