Electron microscopic observations on sperm penetration in cytochalasin-treated eggs of the rose bitterling

Cell Structure and Function

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 179-186

  Ohta, Tadayuki ^a   Yoshida, Mitsutaka ^a   Kato, Shintaro ^a  

^a AICHI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytochalasin B; Fertilization; Fish egg; Sperm entry site; Sperm penetration

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHALASIN B;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; EGG; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; MALE; MEMBRANE FUSION; MICROVILLUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; TELEOST;

ANIMALIA; RHODEUS; RHODEUS OCELLATUS OCELLATUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0031714352     PISSN: 03867196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1247/csf.23.179     Document Type: Article

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