Tributyltin impedes early sperm-egg interactions at the egg coat level in the ascidian Phallusia mammillata but does not prevent sperm-egg fusion in naked eggs

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 213-228

  Franchet, Cécile ^a   Goudeau, Marie ^a   Goudeau, Henri ^a  

^a Observ Oceanogr et de Biol Marine   (France)

Author keywords

Early gamete contacts; Fertilization current; Ionic channels; TBT

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ASCIDIA; PHALLUSIA MAMMILATA;

EID: 0032447302     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-445X(98)00073-3     Document Type: Article

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