A sperm chemoattractant is released from xenopus egg jelly during spawning

Developmental Biology

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 366-375

  Al Anzi, Bader ^a   Chandler, Douglas E ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Egg jelly; Fertilization; Sperm motility; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

CHEMOATTRACTANT; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032526146     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.8906     Document Type: Article

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