Activation of Xenopus eggs by proteases: Possible involvement of a sperm protease in fertilization

Developmental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-92

  Mizote, Akiko ^a   Okamoto, Satoshi ^a   Iwao, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN B; PROTEINASE;

ACROSOME; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERTILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SPERM; XENOPUS;

CYNOPS;

EID: 0033120140     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9195     Document Type: Article

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