The frequency of calcium oscillations in mouse eggs at fertilization is modulated by the number of fused sperm

Developmental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 370-377

  Faure, Jean Emmanuel ^a   Myles, Diana G ^a   Primakoff, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Fertilization; Mouse; Oscillations; Polyspermy

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYSPERMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033568617     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9388     Document Type: Article

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