Sea urchin egg preparations as systems for the study of calcium-triggered exocytosis

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 520, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-21

  Zimmerberg, Joshua ^a   Coorssen, Jens R ^a   Vogel, Steven S ^a,b   Blank, Paul S ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; PROTEIN; CALCIUM; SNARE PROTEIN; SYNAPTOBREVIN; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; SYNTAXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINODERM; EGG; EXOCYTOSIS; FERTILIZATION; KINETICS; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA URCHIN; STATISTICS; CALCIUM TRIGGERED EXOCYTOSIS; CHROMAFFIN CELL; COMPLEX FORMATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MEMBRANE FUSION; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; REVIEW; SECRETORY VESICLE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; EXOCYTOSIS; KINETICS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OVUM; SEA URCHINS; SNARE PROTEINS; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 0033214726     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.00015.x     Document Type: Article

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