Mammalian oocyte activation by the synergistic action of discrete sperm head components: Induction of calcium transients and involvement of proteolysis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 386-393

  Perry, Anthony C F ^a   Wakayama, Teruhiko ^a   Cooke, Ian M ^b   Yanagimachi, Ryuzo ^c  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Mouse; Oocyte activation; Proteolysis.; Sperm

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBENZAMIDINE; ANTIPAIN; APROTININ; CALCIUM ION; LEUPEPTIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR; PEPSTATIN; PHOSPHORAMIDON; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEINASE INHIBITION; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034650506     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9552     Document Type: Article

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