Egg fucose sulfate polymer, sialoglycan, and speract all trigger the sea urchin sperm acrosome reactionq

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 296, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 833-839

  Hirohashi, Noritaka ^a   Vacquier, Victor D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Egg jelly; Fertilization; Intracellular pH; Paleo ocean; Polysialic acid; Sea urchin; Speract; Sperm ion flux; Sperm egg interaction

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE; FUCOSE SULFATE POLYMER; POLYMER; PROTEIN SPERACT; SEA WATER; SIALOGLYCOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; MALE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEA URCHIN;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FUCOSE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; OLIGOPEPTIDES; OVUM; PROTONS; SEA URCHINS; SIALOGLYCOPROTEINS; SPERMATOZOA; SULFURIC ACIDS;

ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 0036385833     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(02)00941-5     Document Type: Article

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