Calcium influx mediates the voltage-dependence of sperm entry into sea urchin eggs

Developmental Biology

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 449-462

  McCulloh, David H ^a   Ivonnet, Pedro I ^a   Landowne, David ^a   Chambers, Edward L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; MAGNESIUM; SODIUM;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEA URCHIN; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION;

ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 0034662269     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2000.9742     Document Type: Article

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