The passage of Ca2+ and fluorescent markers between the sperm and egg after fusion in the mouse

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 4627-4635

  Jones, Keith T ^a,d   Soeller, Christian ^b,c   Cannell, Mark B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ca2+; Confocal imaging; Egg; Fertilization; Mouse; Sperm

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CALCIUM ION; DEXTRAN; EGTAZIC ACID; FLUORESCENT DYE; PHYCOERYTHRIN; CALCIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL FUSION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CBA MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; DIFFUSION; FERTILITY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; DEXTRANS; DIFFUSION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FLUORESCENT DYES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OVUM; PHYCOERYTHRIN; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0032217313     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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